The Caps looked poised to beat the Maple Leafs after losing all three meetings last season before a late third-period ...

Earlier this week, the Caps re-acquired winger Lars Eller from Pittsburgh. The one-time Cup-winning Cap (2018) has his own ...

Caps’ coach Spencer Carbery is the sixth different head coach Strome has worked under over the course of what is now a ...

At first, it’s his trademark style: skate tongues flapping out like a childish taunt; bright yellow laces gleaming amid a ...

Trying to retool on the fly by putting younger talent around Ovechkin and their older core, the Capitals signed Strome to a ...

Alex Ovechkin continues to chase Wayne Gretzky's record -- and his Washington Capitals are surging in the process.

Alex Ovechkin calmly slid into the right circle and sniped a snapshot past a blinded Juuse Saros to lead the Washington ...

Alex Ovechkin is off to a hot start, and so are the Washington Capitals. Ovechkin is scoring at a pace that could get him ...

The Capitals won 6-3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) shoots the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens, Thursday, Oct.

As Ovechkin faked to shoot from the top of the circle, he slid the puck to Protas who deked Primeau for the goal. The two quick goals undid the Montreal Canadiens, essentially putting the game ...

Alex Ovechkin had a goal and two assists, while Tom Wilson supplied a Gordie Howe hat trick — surprisingly, the first of his career — en route to a 6-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Here's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine games into the Washington Capitals' season, Alex Ovechkin is scoring at a rate that would put him past Wayne Gretzky as soon as this spring. Ovechkin scored his 858th ...