Washington Capitals News

In Game 2 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals against the Washington Capitals , both Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin dueled like titans while netting hat tricks.

Sidney Crosby of Pittsburgh and Washington's Alex Ovechkin are once again finalists for the Hart Trophy, while John Tavares of the New York Islanders is also in the running for the NHL's Most Valuable Player.

Brooks Laich skated with the Capitals in New York last week , between Games 3 and 4 of his team's first-round NHL playoff series.

Derick Brassard scored the game's lone goal and Henrik Lundqvist posted a 27-save shutout to backstop the New York Rangers' 1-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday to force a Game 7 in this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

As encouraged as the Capitals were by Wilson's performance in three games against the New York Rangers, they don't want to rush the 19-year-old. "I explained to him, 'We're going to do what's best for your development'. Right now I'm not sure what that is," General Manager George McPhee said Wednesday.

Perhaps thinking about the 2014 NHL season will help Washington Capitals fans forget about the painful end to the 2013 season.

The second round of the 2013 NHL playoffs is already underway, but that doesn't mean that it's too early to turn an eye towards the offseason and focus on some trade rumors and buyout possibilities.

The long ride to work is usually made with The Sports Junkies on the radio, which was a good or bad thing this week depending on whether you wanted to listen to a lot of necessary dissection of the Capitals' latest letdown.

Slava Malamud of Sport-Express envisions a bright future for Alex Ovechkin in this translation of an article from the Russian sporting press.

Alex Ovechkin played the last two games of the Washington Capitals' season with what the team said Thursday is a hairline fracture in his left foot.

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.

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As the New York Rangers prepare for their second round matchup against the Boston Bruins Thursday night, head coach John Tortorella took a moment to look in the rear view and blast the Washington Capitals twice.

Paul Stastny scored twice and added a pair of assists to lift the United States to an 8-3 rout of Russia in the quarterfinals of the 2013 World Hockey Championship.

NY Rangers coach John Tortorella spoke about the complaints that keep coming from the Washington Capitals after their playoff series.

Erat's brief time in Washington since being acquired at the trade deadline from the Nashville Predators has been marred by injuries.

The Washington Capitals searched for a second-line center for the past few years.

Would an extra practice, or Eric Fehr's rollerblades, the day before Game 3 have helped the Caps maintain momentum in New York? A lot has been said about why the Caps lost to the Rangers.

Let's just blame Bruce Boudreau . The former Caps coach showed this week he still has that playoff bugaboo going, as his No.

Ovechkin is a finalist for the 2013 Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player.