Washington hosts its virtually annual Super Sunday matinee match, with the Utah Hockey Club in town to provide the opposition ...

Coach Spencer Carbery made a bold statement on Saturday at MedStar Capitals Iceplex: even as he currently barrels toward ...

While Florida has an NHL-high eight players at 4 Nations, division-rival Carolina four and the still-dangerous New York Rangers six, the Caps have the only true break with no games between Feb. 9-22.

In their 25-year history, the Jackets and their fans have never needed each other more than this season, in the wake of the ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to shatter records on his way to Wayne Gretzky's all-time regular season ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record with 28 games left in the season ...