A season that began with low expectations turned into a campaign that produced the most points in the Eastern Conference. And it felt like it ended too soon.

The Washington Capitals put out an Alex Ovechkin retirement fire Thursday after “an email was sent from an individual with the corporate sales department that mistakenly alluded to next year” being ...

Andrei Svechnikov scored the game-winner late in the third period to lift the Hurricanes to the series victory with a 3-1 win, ending Washington’s season.

After losing the past two games on the road, Washington returns home on the brink of elimination ... There are examples the Capitals can point to from the regular season, such as their League ...

Here are the takeaways as the Capitals return to D.C. facing elimination. It was another ... it’s the only option left with the Capitals’ season now on the line.

WASHINGTON -- Capitals coach Spencer Carbery expects captain Alex Ovechkin, who will turn 40 in September, to be back with ...

WASHINGTON — Surviving the initial push of an opponent facing elimination ... empty-net goal with 26.1 seconds remaining. The Capitals’ season is over despite an unassisted goal by Beauvillier ...

Paced by two goals for Fantilli and Greaves’ 29 saves while playing his fourth game in five days, the Jackets avoided elimination ... of the season and fourth in two days against the Capitals.

While it can be tough to make changes this late in the postseason, it’s the only option left with the Capitals’ season now on the line. While superstar slugger Juan Soto grabs the headlines ...