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Brad Marchand reaches 1,000 career points as Panthers drop Capitals
Brad Marchand dished two assists to reach 1,000 career points, and Sam Reinhart scored two goals as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Washington Capitals 6-3 on Thursday night.,Two Panthers players -- Seth Jones and Evan Rodrigues -- each scored their 100th career goal.,Daniil Tarasov (1-3-1) m...
Ageless Brad Marchand carries Panthers into Capitals clash
Brad Marchand continues to defy Father Time.,Marchand, the 37-year-old Florida Panthers forward, has scored at least one goal in five straight games. He will hope to keep that streak going Thursday night as Florida plays host to the Washington Capitals in Sunrise.,Panthers coach Paul Maurice, whose ...
Logan Thompson continues to shine in goal as Capitals upend Hurricanes
Logan Thompson made 30 saves as the Washington Capitals won for the second time in their last eight games, beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.,Alex Ovechkin, who notched an empty-net goal to go with an earlier assist, finished with a two-point night, while Brandon D...
Capitals hope to improve closing ability against streaking Hurricanes
Looking at the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals in advance of their meeting Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C., there's a basic assessment of their recent play: The Hurricanes have found ways to get the job done, while the Capitals have not.,The Hurricanes have won four games in a row followi...
Capitals' Pierre-Luc Dubois has surgery, out 3-4 months
Washington Capitals forward Pierre-Luc Dubois will be sidelined three to four months after he underwent surgery to address injuries to his abdominal and adductor muscles, the team announced Sunday.,Dubois was injured after his knee buckled on a defensive zone faceoff during the first period of Washi...
Brandon Hagel's late goal helps Lightning edge Capitals
Brandon Hagel scored the tie-breaking goal and had an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning won for the seventh time in eight games by beating the visiting Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday night.,Jake Guentzel also had a goal and an assist, and Emil Lilleberg scored for the Lightning as well. Charle-...
Capitals' not-so-special teams up against red-hot Lightning
The Washington Capitals' even-strength play has been good enough to win games, but the special teams play has been poor.,The Metropolitan Division club, just treading water to start the season, will have to be better on the power-play and penalty-kill units when it plays at the Tampa Bay Lightning o...
Penguins avoid another blown lead, break away from Capitals
Sidney Crosby scored two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the visiting Washington Capitals 5-3 on Thursday night despite surrendering a three-goal second-period lead., ,Bryan Rust had the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and had two assists for the Penguins, who had lost two strai...
After historic night, Caps' Alex Ovechkin battles Pens' Sidney Crosby
Two future Hall of Famers renew their rivalry when Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals visit Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.,Ovechkin comes in after scoring his 900th NHL goal and third of the season as the Capitals beat the visiting St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Wednesda...
Capitals celebrate Alex Ovechkin's 900th goal in blowout of Blues
Alex Ovechkin scored his 900th career goal as the Washington Capitals defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Wednesday.,Anthony Beauvillier and Tom Wilson each scored two goals, and John Carlson had a goal and an assist as the Capitals snapped a four-game winless streak.,Jakob Chychrun recorde...
Capitals' Alex Ovechkin becomes 1st NHL player to score 900 goals
Alex Ovechkin scored his milestone 900th career goal on Wednesday night in the Washington Capitals' home matchup with the St. Louis Blues.,Ovechkin increased his league-record total, becoming the first player to 900 goals by corralling a missed shot from teammate Jakob Chychrun and spinning to backh...
Blues upbeat while Caps search for identity among struggles
After racing to a 6-2-0 start that mirrored their surprising 2024-25 success, the Washington Capitals have encountered some early season turbulence.,Their current 0-3-1 downturn is worse than any winless streak they sustained a year ago. The loss of No. 2 center Pierre-Luc Dubois to a long-term lowe...
Caps expect D Rasmus Sandin (upper body) to return vs. Blues
Washington Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said defenseman Rasmus Sandin is "on track" to play in Wednesday's home game against the St. Louis Blues after missing five contests with an upper-body injury.,Carberry also said on Tuesday that forward Pierre-Luc Dubois (lower-body injury) will be out long ...
Sabres end skid, edge Capitals in shootout
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 31 saves and the Buffalo Sabres beat the visiting Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday night.,Luukkonen made five saves in overtime and was perfect in the five-round shootout as the Sabres ended a three-game losing streak in which each loss was by a 4-3 score i...
Capitals' Alex Ovechkin tries again for No. 900 at Buffalo
The Alex Ovechkin milestone watch moves on to a fourth game when the Washington Capitals visit the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.,One team's three-game losing streak will end in the contest, during which the Capitals captain will try again to become the first NHL player to score 900 career goals....
Islanders keep Alex Ovechkin at 899 goals in win over Caps
Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal 4:29 into the third period and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves, lifting the visiting New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday.,New York's Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a short-handed goal late in the second period, and Mathew Barzal found ...
Alex Ovechkin takes 3rd swing at 900 goals as Capitals host Isles
Alex Ovechkin hopes the third time is the charm in the pursuit of his 900th career NHL goal.,Ovechkin moved within one of a pair of milestones after collecting a goal and an assist on Oct. 24 at Columbus. The three-time Hart Trophy recipient has been held off the scoresheet in consecutive contests h...
Stars' Jake Oettinger (24 saves) shuts out Alex Ovechkin, Caps
Jake Oettinger made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Dallas Stars beat the visiting Washington Capitals 1-0 on Tuesday night.,Tyler Seguin scored in the second period for the Stars, who have won three straight. Oettinger logged his 13th career shutout as he improved to 6-0-0 with...
Streaky Stars' winning ways face test vs. Capitals
The Dallas Stars look for their third straight win when they host the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.,The streaky Stars started with three wins, then dropped four straight before winning their last two.,Washington had won six of seven before suffering its worst loss of the season, 7-1, to the ...
Capitals fire assistant coach after investigation into conduct
The Washington Capitals fired assistant coach Mitch Love on Sunday after the NHL investigated allegations about his personal conduct.,"Mitch Love has been relieved of his duties as an assistant coach, effective immediately," the Capitals said in a statement. "This decision follows the findings of an...