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Going into the offseason, the Washington Capitals and General Manager George McPhee have a lot of decisions to make.

Tom Wilson got his first taste of the NHL in the Stanley Cup playoffs. But that doesn't necessarily mean he's a shoo-in to make the Washington Capitals' 2013-14 opening night roster.

Leafs vs. Bruins Game 7 can be heard on TSN Radio 1050 with Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph, tonight at 7pm et/4pm pt.

In a series where the two teams are very familiar with each other from past playoff seasons, it is no surprise the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals are going down to the wire.

"I know you were very frustrated," Koken said to May. "I still can't figure out how a team that was as dominant as the Capitals were in the third period, had zero power plays this afternoon.

In Selling the Dream, Ken Campbell and co-author Jim Parcels challenge us to put the game of hockey back into perspective.

"A lot of times way I play is the next shift is a new one. You'll make a mistake or you'll get mad at the refs one shift," Ribeiro said.

The 19-year-old, drafted in the first round last year by the Capitals, made his debut in the big time Friday night.

On Friday night there was a ton of amazing action, and some of the biggest takeaways include the Washington Capitals securing control of their destiny, the effect special teams continue to have on the first round and the statement the Los Angeles Kings made by defeating the St.

A North Carolina man faces multiple life prison sentences for a plot to behead witnesses whose testimony convicted him of his role in planning terror attacks against a Virginia Marine Corps base and overseas targets.

A task force of elected officials in Newtown on Friday recommended tearing down Sandy Hook Elementary School, the school where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December, and rebuilding on the same... A task force of elected officials in Newtown on Friday recommended tearing down Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 first-graders ... (more)

The pressure that the Washington Capitals put on the New York Rangers net in the beginning of the first period gave me false hope.

Capitals forward prospect Tom Wilson will make his NHL debut Friday against the Rangers in Game 5 of the teams' Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

Coach Adam Oates described Erat's injury only as "upper body" and said that the 31-year-old would be reevaluated Thursday.

Marc Staal warms up before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers' Brad Richards opened the scoring with his first goal of the playoffs.

The Rangers' power play needed a change. After going 0-for-7 over the first two games of their playoff series against the Capitals, the Rangers needed momentum from the man-advantage. It just wasn't expected to come from a 22-year-old who joined the team a little more than a a month ago and had never quarterbacked a power play in the NHL.

Joel Ward Right Winger of the Washington Capitals joins the Glenn Younes Show to give insight on the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and his recovery process from the knee injury.

"You have to prove yourself every second night here," Lundqvist said Tuesday as the Rangers prepared for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Wednesday night.

As Caps fans have been reminded for the past two days, the Washington Capitals have never gone up 3-0 in a playoff series.