Alex Ovechkin is four months away from turning 40 and still was among the Washington Capitals' most consistent hitters in the first round of the NHL playoffs.Color his teammates unsurprised.“He’s one of a kind,

One of the more interesting postseason series left in the Stanley Cup Playoffs comes between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes. Both sides enter this series with something to prove,

Crazy is one way to put it,” Capitals forward Tom Wilson said Monday. “I mean, you can throw a whole bunch of different words into the middle, and I don't think anybody knows. If they had the blueprint,

The wait is finally over for the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes to get their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series underway. Game 1 is Tuesday in Washington, and the top two teams from the Metropolitan Division are taking a similar approach to the best-of-seven matchup.

The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes meet in the second round of the NHL playoffs in a series between division rivals that play the same defensively but try to score in entirely different w

Here are some thoughts on what we’ve seen from various Capitals now that we’re sufficiently removed from the first round. Alex Ovechkin: All systems are go for the ol’ fella. Washington didn’t win his minutes territorially against the Canadiens,