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Defenseman Mike Green's power-play goal with 5:48 left in regulation Saturday lifted the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the top-seeded New York Rangers, tying their Eastern Conference semifinal series at two games apiece.

Today, Scott Burnside and Craig Custance take a stab at figuring what will happen to the Capitals, Penguins, Coyotes and ... Mike Yeo? BURNSIDE: Greetings, Mr. Custance. I watched the Pittsburgh-Washington tilt last night with more than a little m...

Mike Green. Alex Ovechkin. Alexander Semin. The list of the Washington Capitals' goal-scorers in Game 5 reads like one half of an all-star team. It also serves as a very stark reminder that the New York Rangers still lack what the No. 1 seed in th...

Mike Green, Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin scored, and the Washington Capitals advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Saturday.

As the first-round series between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals resumes tonight, here are three factors to watch for when the puck drops in D.C. The Rangers' O Lost in the noise of the Caps' past playoff struggles and Lundqvist's...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Capitals defenseman Mike Green played 26:30, took four shots and blocked four shots in his first game since Feb. 25. "The game had to go to overtime," Green joked after. "I felt great once I got my legs and got comfortable p...

The playoffs start Wednesday for the New York Rangers when they take on the No. 1 seed in the East, the Washington Capitals at 7:30 p.m. in D.C. All told, the Rangers probably couldn't have asked for a better first-round matchup. Here are several key...

Two Ducks and one Kings player were chosen to the NHL All-Star Game.

The Devils only have one All-Star, while the Rangers send two and the Islanders have only one in the skills competition.

The NHL announced Tuesday the remaining 36 players and 12 rookies chosen by the league's hockey operations department to take part in this month's All-Star festivities that include the traditional game and skills competitions

Matt Hendricks' third-period goal gave Washington its first lead and sent the Capitals to their season-high fifth straight victory, 5-3 over the Rangers.

For all the attention paid to Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green and a deep supporting cast, any single conversation one has concerning the playoff chances of the Washington Capitals comes back to one name and one name only: Jose Theodore.

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Mike Green scored twice to tie the NHL record for defenseman with goals in seven straight games, but the slumping New York Rangers overcame that and beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 in a shootout to snap a five-game losing streak.