MONTREAL — With just over 13 minutes to play in the third period Sunday night and with his Washington Capitals trailing by a goal, winger Tom Wilson lined up Montreal Canadiens defenseman ...

The hit changed the momentum of Game 4, which the Capitals closed with a flurry to win 5-2 and come back to D.C. with a 3-1 series lead. Up until that point, the Canadiens had all of the momentum ...

The Washington Capitals were simply too good for the Montreal Canadiens, who saw their 2024-25 NHL season end Wednesday night with a 4-1 loss to Alex Ovechkin and the Caps at Capital One Arena in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in seven years, the Washington Capitals were on the smiling end of a playoff handshake line. And they got to enjoy it at home for the first time in a decade.

The Montreal Canadiens 2025 Stanley Cup playoff run came to an end on Wednesday night with a 4-1 loss in Game 5 to the Washington Capitals. The Capitals scored two power play tallies, one from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored on a laser of a shot off a faceoff, Logan Thompson made some spectacular saves among his 28 and the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in ...

The Capitals won their first-round series against the Canadiens. And what do you notice when you go to the platform’s social networks? That the person in charge of posting on Instagram didn’t take the ...

The Washington Capitals will play the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Second Round. The Capitals advanced by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in Game 5 of the first round at ...

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are moving on in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. The Caps defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday, winning the series in five games. Now ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just like during the season when they were the top team in the Eastern Conference and one of the best in the NHL, the Washington Capitals got goals from Alex Ovechkin ...

WASHINGTON — At home on Wednesday, the Washington Capitals can do what they haven’t done since hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2018: win a playoff series. Washington, who leads 3-1 in the first ...

A referee (55) tries to separate Montreal Canadiens' Josh Anderson (17) and Washington Capitals' Tom Wilson, front left, as they fight following the second period of Game 3 of a first-round NHL ...