ARLINGTON, V.A. — When Jakob Chychrun shoots the puck, the Washington Capitals ... wrist shot has been one of the most lethal in the NHL, as he ranks second among all defensemen with at ...

He needs 16 more tallies to reach Wayne Gretzky's all-time record of 894 goals. "Something special is happening," Capitals foward Tom Wilson said. "The poise for him to fake the shot with three ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Logan Thompson stopped all ... Capitals possessed the puck in the offensive zone for long stretches, Jakob Chychrun crashed the net and put them up 1-0 by deflecting his shot ...

WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin scored his 871st NHL goal, moving within 24 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, but the Washington Capitals lost ... scoring on a wrist shot through traffic ...

Thompson's biggest save came about three-and-a-half minutes into the third period when he robbed Evgeni Malkin on a one-time shot from the slot. Chychrun gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead 7:42 into the ...

When Jose Theodore signed a two-year contract with the Washington Capitals in 2008, he expected he would finally win a Stanley Cup. The team was loaded with talent, from Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas ...

The Capitals captain has been held without a shot on goal in back-to-back games ... Washington has been outshot in all three games to open the season, and the most shots the Capitals managed ...

Goaltender Logan Thompson stopped all 19 shots he faced to earn his ... It wasn’t until the Capitals’ final shot of the period, with 59 seconds remaining, that winger Ethen Frank extended ...

Chychrun does a lot of things right for the Capitals and has been a perfect fit since arriving in D.C., but it's that trademark shot, that blistering wrister from the high slot, that's made him an ...