Washington Capitals
Ovechkin, Capitals keep postseason hopes alive with 3-0 victory over Penguins
To reach the postseason, the Capitals must defeat Columbus in the season finale Tuesday night and hope Philadelphia fails to win either of its last two games.
Ilya Protas scores first NHL goal as Capitals defeat Penguins 6-3
Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal to pass Ron Francis for the fifth-most road points in NHL history.
Logan Thompson backstops Capitals to 4-0 victory over Maple Leafs
Dylan Strome and Martin Fehervary, with a goal and an assist each, Ryan Leonard and Cole Hutson scored for Washington, which sits three points back of the Eastern Conference’s final wild-card spot with three games left.
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin still needs to decide if this is his final season
Ovechkin said his biggest consideration is health. He turns 41 in September.
Ilya Protas, 19, joins big brother Aliaksei on Washington Capitals
At the AHL level, Ilya Protas showed he’s a 200-foot player who’s intelligent and a good skater, despite his size.
Protas scores in return from injury as Capitals keep playoff hopes alive with 6-2 win over Sabres
The Capitals have won four of their last five and moved within one point of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Jack Hughes posts 2 goals, 3 assists as Devils beat Capitals 7-3
Tom Wilson, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Cole Hutson scored for the Capitals.
Alex Ovechkin scores twice, hitting 30 goals for 20th season, as Capitals beat Flyers 6-4
Ovechkin has reached 30 goals in all but one season: the COVID-shortened 2020-21 campaign, where he had 24 in 45 games.
Why Cole Hutson is ready to help a changing Capitals team — even without the mentor he wanted
Hutson has stepped into the roster spot John Carlson left open — he’s got two points in four games, with his ice time steadily increasing — but the rookie is adept at evading the shadows even as he follows in others’ footsteps.
