Alex Ovechkin is four months away from turning 40 and still was among the Washington Capitals' most consistent hitters in the first round of the NHL playoffs.Color his teammates unsurprised.“He’s one of a kind,

One of the more interesting postseason series left in the Stanley Cup Playoffs comes between the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes. Both sides

Crazy is one way to put it,” Capitals forward Tom Wilson said Monday. “I mean, you can throw a whole bunch of different words into the middle, and I don't think anybody knows. If they had the blueprint,

The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes meet in the second round of the NHL playoffs in a series between division rivals that play the same defensively but try to score in entirely different w

The wait is finally over for the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes to get their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series underway. Game 1 is Tuesday in Washington, and the top two teams from the Metropolitan Division are taking a similar approach to the best-of-seven matchup.