Maple Leafs pull out SO win over Varlamov, banged-up Capitals

Phil Kessel, Niklas Hagman and a couple of good bounces helped pull the Toronto Maple Leafs out of another extended winless slide.

Capitals-Maple Leafs Preview

Capitals-Maple Leafs Preview

Cammalleri's score stands as difference after Capitals' comeback falls short

Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday night.

Caps sit Semin with wrist injury

Alex Ovechkin is in the Washington Capitals lineup against the New York Rangers after missing two weeks because of an injury.

Ovechkin expects to be in lineup

Alex Ovechkin appears set to return from his injury layoff when the Capitals visit the Rangers on Tuesday night.

Parise highlights three-goal period as Devils topple Capitals

Zach Parise's breakaway highlighted a three-goal second period and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth straight game with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.

Southeast Division preview

Sean Allen looks at every Southeast Division team from a fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.

...28), left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), center Nicklas Backstrom (19), right wing Chris Clark (17), center Boyd Gordon (15) sit on the bench as head coach Bruce Boudreau (back right) looks on in the...

Keys to Game 7: Penguins vs. Capitals

The Penguins and Capitals take the ice for Game 7 on Wednesday. Scott Burnside looks at the keys for each club.

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, right, stops a shot by Washington Capitals center Boyd Gordon (15) as Penguins' Alex Goligoski (3) looks on during the first period of Game 5 of...

Pressure? What pressure? Rangers, Capitals prepare for big Game 7

...first time since late January. He could play on the fourth line with Eric Fehr and Boyd Gordon. "I was told be ready, same as yesterday," Clark told reporters. "Hopefully I have a lot...

Varlamov gamble paying off for Caps

Steve Mason is the first goalie from the 2006 class to make a splash in the NHL. But he's not the first netminder from that group to earn an NHL playoff win. That would be Simeon Varlamov.

Checking in from D.C.: Drury skates, Boudreau gabs and Torts is, well, Torts

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- No one likes two off days between games in a playoff series, but for the New York Rangers, it has the added benefit of giving capt...

Drury sits out Game 1 against Caps

The New York Rangers did not have their captain in the lineup Wednesday night for Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarter-final series with the Washington Capitals.

Rangers pelt Theodore as Lundqvist holds Caps at bay in Game 1

Markus Naslund fed Brandon Dubinsky, who made a move that left Jeff Schultz sprawled on the ice and beat goalie Jose Theodore, lifting the Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference series.