Washington, East No. 1 seed, defeated Montral in 5 games; Carolina advanced with 2OT win against Devils in Game 5 on Tuesday ...

In Game 1 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens, their hero was captain Alex Ovechkin ...

The field is wrapping up the first round of the NHL playoffs. We take a look at the developing bracket for the second round ...

Will the playoff field shrink Wednesday night? Here are keys to each game, plus Tuesday's recaps, Three Stars.

Washington Capitals' Tom Wilson and Montreal Canadiens' Josh Anderson got into a period-ending brawl on a team bench that ...

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in ...

The Stanley Cup Playoffs continue on Friday with three matchups including Capitals-Canadiens, Hurricanes-Devils and ...

Lo and behold, Ovechkin scored immediately off a faceoff win by Dylan Strome, and the Capitals had a lead they wouldn’t ...

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his fourth goal of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the Washington Capitals eliminated the ...

The Capitals beat the Canadiens in Game 5 of their first-round series Wednesday night to advance in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Washington Capitals eliminated the Montreal Canadiens from the Stanley Cup Playoffs following a 4-1 victory in Game 5. Despite the Canadiens playing better ...