WASHINGTON — Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 33 shots in his second shutout of the season and Dallas beat St. Louis. Esa Lindell scored a power-play goal, Miro Heiskanen had an assist for the fourth straight game and Dallas won for the seventh time in its last nine road games.

Marcus Pettersson of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Brock Nelson of the New York Islanders, and Ivan Provorov of the Columbus Blue Jackets are all linked to the Stars. Jason Robertson has been a key to ...

Stars 2, Canadiens 1 (SO) Jason ... Senators 5, Penguins 0 Leevi Merilainen notched 29 saves for his first career shutout and Shane Pinto scored twice in Ottawa's win over host Pittsburgh.

Even without head coach Ethan Faulkner, Youngstown State didn’t miss a beat on Friday. Faulkner was suspended by the Horizon League for one game for “unsportsmanlike actions” towards an official at the conclusion of the Penguins’ last-second loss to Robert Morris on Wednesday.

We’re at a bit of a crossroads with the Capitals. They’ve occupied the top spot in three of the last four rankings and at 32-10-5 are seemingly running away with the Presidents’ Trophy playing at a 120-point pace. That’s eight points up on second. Good for them!

The Washington Capitals remain atop our NHL power rankings this week. The Caps, the only team with a point percentage

Our updated fantasy hockey rankings sees movement in the top 250, with Nikita Kucherov and Auston Matthews battling for the top spot.

The NHL trade deadline (March 7) is a little more than a month away and teams are already starting to position themselves as buyers and sellers. So let's take a look at four teams that could be positioned to be the most aggressive buyers,

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Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and three more in the shootout as the host New York Rangers earned a crucial 1-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. Vincent Trocheck scored in the second round of the shootout for the lone goal of the skills competition as the Rangers improved to 5-0-2 in their past seven games after dropping 15 of 19 (4-15-0).