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Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates takes exception with Rangers coach John Tortorella

Alex Ovechkin played the last two games of the Washington Capitals' season with what the team said Thursday is a hairline fracture in his left foot.

Washington Capitals general manager George McPhee shares Alex Ovechkin's displeasure with the officiating of the team's first-round series against the New York Rangers.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin knows full well that his playoff failures are adding up.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin will join Russia's team at the ice hockey world championships in Finland.

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin took exception with the way the officials handed his team's seven-game playoff series with New York -- a series that ended Monday with the Rangers capturing Game 7.

Neil Greenberg breaks down who and what should be blamed for early playoff exits. He says undisciplined play -- and not star Alex Ovechkin -- is the reason Washington was eliminated.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Wins don't come easy in the playoffs, and Ryan McDonagh's bruised and battered face was a good reminder of that Monday night. The 23-year-old had a massive welt swelling above his right cheekbone and a bloody cut above his eye...

WASHINGTON -- The New York Rangers' stunning 5-0 shutout win that sunk the Washington Capitals was not anticipated in a winner-takes-all Game 7 between two teams that battled toe-to-toe all series. But ask the Toronto Maple Leafs if things always...

In a tight, gritty series that offered little margin for error, Game 7 did not go as expected. Instead of the nail-biter that many anticipated, the New York Rangers dominated the Washington Capitals with a lopsided 5-0 rout at Verizon Center in Washi...

Led by Henrik Lundqvist's 35 saves in a second consecutive shutout, and goals from some unlikely sources, the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 in Game 7 Monday night to reach the Eastern Conference semifinals.

In case you were busy asking, "yeah, but when is Spoiled Only-Child Day?" here's what you missed in sports last weekend: Tiger Woods won his second career Players Championship and his fourth PGA Tour event this year, finishing the tournament at ...

As is seemingly the case every season, the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs had something for everyone, Scott Burnside writes

Judging from the manner in which Sunday's 1-0 win against the Washington Capitals ended -- with an angry, heated scrum after the buzzer -- the New York Rangers are in store for a nasty battle when they travel to D.C. on Monday for a winner-takes-all ...

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Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots in earning his seventh NHL playoff shutout, and Derick Brassard scored a second-period goal for the New York Rangers, who stayed alive with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Capitals.