Protas stretched the Capitals' lead to 6-4, ending a see-saw battle between the offenses in the matinee contest. The 23-year-old forward has six goals and an assist over his last eight outings while ...

Ovechkin has four goals in five games since returning from missing the previous 16 because of a broken left leg.

The Buffalo Sabres play the Washington Capitals as losers of three straight games. Buffalo has a 14-21-5 record overall and a 7-10-3 record on its home ice. The Sabres are 3-5-4 in one-goal games.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record , and the Washington ...

Michigan State's Trey Augustine made 26 saves as the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night.

The goal was assisted by Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois. Alex Ovechkin comes one goal closer to the record after scoring an empty-net goal. A day after his hat trick against Vegas ...

It was a hockey game,” the center said with a smile after notching three points in Washington’s back-and-forth 7-4 victory.

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Trocheck and Kreider each is expected to play after missing practice Friday for maintenance. ... Rempe, a forward, will serve the sixth game of an eight-game suspension for boarding and elbowing ...

Russia and other hostile states have become increasingly brazen in adopting “gray zone” attacks against Europe and the United States, leaving defense officials with a dilemma: How to respond ...