The puck drops on the first round of the NHL playoffs Saturday when Winnipeg hosts St. Louis followed by the must-see matchup ...

The Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets wrap up their season series on Sunday in the nation's capital one day after the Blue Jackets blanked the Capitals 7-0 at home.

Ryan Leonard had a tough moment during the Washington Capitals' game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.

Columbus scored three times in both the first and second periods to cruise to a win over a Capitals (50-20-9, 109 points) team that gave Alex Ovechkin ... a shoulder into Ryan Leonard at the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL record by scoring ... Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals win for ...

Washington Capitals rookie Ryan ... (37-33-9). Leonard's willingness to prove himself and Columbus' end-of-season desperation should combine to form a lively atmosphere in Capital One Arena. Alex ...

The Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets wrap up their season series on Sunday in the nation’s capital one day after ...

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show for a national television audience, trading goals in the middle period on a ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has spent more than a week as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer and will have one last meeting with fellow superstar and Pittsburgh Penguins captain ...

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, both of whom have made some history this season, meet in the regular-season finale Thursday at PPG Paints Arena. Neither man looks to be slowing down anytime soon ...