Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record with 28 games left in the ...

The Lightning quickly pulled back the momentum in the opening minutes of the third period. Tampa Bay scored two goals just 24 seconds apart, and the Capitals’ comfortable lead vanished.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are set to square off against the Washington Capitals at Amalie Arena tonight (Feb. 22). This is a winnable game for the Lightning, but they absolutely cannot take the ...

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Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne ...

Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are nine games on the schedule for Thursday, ...

With the Ottawa Senators expected to have star netminder Linus Ullmark return between the pipes and Tampa Bay trending toward low-scoring affairs, we're zeroing in on the total for tonight’s contest ...

Washington Capitals) to go along with a 3-2 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes and a 6-2 setback in the opener at the St. Louis Blues. Anaheim won 4-1 on Jan. 5 in the Lightning's ...

It was a physical battle until the final buzzer, as the Capitals outhit the Lightning 56-25 and also got a game-winning strike from John Carlson, two more goals from Sonny Milano and 32 saves from ...