Mike Ribeiro

Alex Ovechkin’s franchise-record 31st career playoff goal got the Capitals started before less-heralded teammates Marcus Johansson and Jason Chimera scored 46 seconds apart, and Washington beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Thursday night in Game 1 of...

Wasn’t it just yesterday that the Kings were hoisting the Stanley Cup? Time flies when you follow a tedious, spirit-sapping lockout with a 48-game season that was crammed into 100 calendar days. The Kings will try to become the first team to win...

The Sports Xchange Capitals 3, Bruins 2 WASHINGTON -- It looks like the Boston Bruins' quest for the Northeast Division title is going to come down to their final game of the regular season on Sunday night against the Ottawa Senators. Capitals...

The Sports Xchange Bruins lose, fall behind Montreal in division WASHINGTON -- It looks like the Boston Bruins' quest for the Northeast Division title is going to come down to their final game of the regular season Sunday night against the Ottawa...

Senators 2, Capitals 1 (OT): Defenseman Sergei Gonchar scored on a power play 47 seconds into overtime as visiting Ottawa clinched a playoff berth for the third time in four seasons. Rookie Jakob Silfverberg scored his 10th goal and Craig Anderson...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Senators 2, Capitals 1 (OT) Senators 2, Capitals 1 (OT): Defenseman Sergei Gonchar scored during a power play 47 seconds into overtime as visiting Ottawa clinched a playoff berth for the third time in four seasons. Rookie Jakob...

With just ten games left in the season, the Washington Capitals are in the midst of a battle for their eighth and possibly the last Southeast Division Championship ever awarded. The Florida Panthers, on the other hand, are just trying to close out the...

The Pittsburgh Penguins took most of the fun out of speculation leading up to Wednesday's noon Pacific trade deadline when they pulled off major deals last week for veteran wingers Brenden Morrow and Jarome Iginla and defenseman Douglas Murray. Their...

A little more than a month ago, the Washington Capitals called a players-only meeting in search of a wake-up call. Off to the fourth-worst start in franchise history at 2-8-1, they sat in last place in the NHL, five points out of a playoff spot. They'...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby versus Alex Ovechkin used to be one of the most electric rivalries in hockey.   Those days, at least for the moment, appear to be over.   Crosby extended his points streak to six games with a goal and two...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a game of disputed deflections and odd bounces, with the puck behaving more like that oblong ball with the laces more commonly associated with Super Bowl Sunday. The strangest carom of all came on a simple dump-in that hit a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After seeing his team squander third-period leads in each of their last two losses, Washington Capitals first-year coach Adam Oates needed to see some resilience against the Philadelphia Flyers. It didn't come easily, but third-...