3 Capitals trade candidates after Hurricanes series loss. The Washington Capitals won't be as busy as they were last offseason, but there are still a couple of trade candidates on the roster.

Spending much of the season paired with Ovechkin and Strome, the 24-year-old finished the season as the team’s third-leading scorer, establishing himself as a reliable top-six forward.

Over the course of his 20-year career, Ovechkin has been an All-Star 12 times, won the Hart Trophy three times and led the Capitals to their only Stanley Cup title to date during the 2017-18 season.

Hurricanes vs. Capitals Game 5 recap Final score: Hurricanes 3, Capitals 1. The Hurricanes are heading to the conference final. They have won both their two series in five games.

The Carolina Hurricanes are heading to the Eastern Conference final for the second time in three seasons after their 3-1 victory against the Washington Capitals in Game 5 on Thursday night.. The ...

Ovechkin had a few chances to bury a shot in Game 3, but he just wasn't able to get the puck in the back of the net. Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery spoke on this and offered some thoughts on ...

If Thompson can't go, Charlie Lindgren would make his first start in the series against his former team. Lindgren was 20-14-3 during the regular season with a 2.73 goals-against average and .896 ...

For the first time in the series, the Canadiens didn’t just keep up physically—they took over. They out-hit Washington by a wide margin, 45–26.

During the regular season, Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin made history when he became the NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer, surpassing the legendary Wayne Gretzky during an April 6 ...

Lindgren played in the majority of games down the stretch and skated to a record of 5-3-0 with a .889 save percentage and a 2.98 goals against average in his last eight.