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Weiss helps Panthers snap skid, nip Avalanche in shootout

Stephen Weiss recorded his second NHL hat trick and scored in the shootout to lift the Panthers to a 6-5 win over the Avalanche.

The Melrose Line

Barry Melrose, E.J. Hradek and Joy Russo cover Keith Ballard's swinging stick, Alex Ovechkin's suspension and some rapid-fire questions.

Ovechkin won't change his style

Alex Ovechkin says he isn't going to change his playing style because of a two-game suspension.

At This Hour 9 am et: Wagner, Ovechkin, Jackson

AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams From the Big Apple, to Beantown and now Atlanta. Billy Wagner, shown here in a Mets uniform, will be with his third team in ...

Calder Watch: Top rookie goalies and prospects

...challenge Thomas for the starting job sooner (maybe next season) than you might expect. Semyon Varlamov, Washington Capitals (10-1-2, 2.39 GAA, .919 SP) The Russian-born stopper had just six games...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009

Will Alex Ovechkin's first suspension have any lasting impact on him?

...suspension for The Great Eight's knee-on-knee hit on Carolina defenseman Tim Gleason in the Capitals' 3-2 win on Monday night. Ovechkin is lucky on a number of fronts. He's lucky...

Does Ovechkin Play Too Rough?

Barry Melrose on the rough play of Alex Ovechkin

Ovechkin tests sore knee at practice

Alex Ovechkin's latest on-ice indiscretion netted him a two-game suspension, a sore right knee and a new level of concern from his coach about his "pretty reckless" ways.

Your rants, my answers

As always, my friends, you ranted and I listened. There is, in fact, a couch in my home office here in Toronto. I picture you puckheads lying on there...

November 30, 2009; Raleigh, NC, USA; Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) is helped off the ice after a 1st period collision against...

TORONTO - NOVEMBER 21: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals gets ready for a face-off during game action against the Toronto Maple Leafs November 21...

RALEIGH, NC - NOVEMBER 30: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals is assisted off the ice after sustaining a knee injury during a NHL game against the...

Backstrom's Two Goals Lift Capitals

Ovie hurt, but Backstrom paces Caps to win over Canes

Backstrom has two goals, assist as Capitals win without Ovechkin

Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and an assist while Eric Fehr added a goal and an assist Monday night, leading Washington to a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.