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Alex Chiasson, a 2018 Stanley Cup champion with the Washington Capitals, retired from the NHL on Monday after 11 seasons. The ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and the Washington ...

Former Capitals center Dennis Maruk remembers the Capitals' first trip to the NHL playoffs in the 1981-1982 season.

On Thursday, Jan. 2 when the Capitals host the Minnesota Wild, the Capitals will recognize nearly 100 high school hockey captains from across the region during the second intermission in honor of ...

Washington inserted Chychrun onto the team’s top power play unit when Alex Ovechkin went down, and has kept him there since ...

No. 872 has been added to the archives. Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored in the third period of the Capitals' 7-4 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon, bringing him ...

Find out why my Capitals vs. Rangers predictions expect the home team to get another dub on home ice. Read more in my NHL picks for Saturday, January 4. The Washington Capitals have been one of ...

Ovechkin leads the Capitals with 18 goals. Everyone is well aware that Ovechkin is chasing down one of Wayne Gretzky’s “unbreakable records” for most goals in NHL history, but there’s ...

Washington Capitals (26-10-3, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (14-21-5, in the Atlantic Division) Buffalo, New York; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres play the ...

Logan Thompson made 29 saves for the Capitals as Ovechkin inched closer to Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals. With the Capitals leading by a goal, Ovechkin backhanded a loose puck at the ...

With a 4-3 victory in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final, the Washington Capitals have won their first Stanley Cup in the franchise's 44-year history. LAS VEGAS – The Washington Capitals spent the ...