Ovechkin, Holtby shine in Game 7, Caps beat Lightning 4-0
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Alex Ovechkin lifted the Prince of Wales Trophy, spun around and set it back down on a table. The rest of the Capitals joined him for a team photo […]
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Vasillevskiy shines late, Lightning hold off Capitals 3-2
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The Tampa Bay Lightning are on the brink of a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final. Coach Jon Cooper and his players say it won’t be […]
Continue ReadingHedman, Lightning beat Caps to cut East final deficit to 2-1
WASHINGTON (AP) — Victor Hedman figured all the Tampa Bay Lightning needed to get back on track was a shift in momentum. The big defenseman took it upon himself to […]
Continue ReadingCapitals pull away, beat Lightning for 2-0 series lead
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals overcame a major hurdle by reaching the Eastern Conference final. Just like that, they’re in a full-on sprint toward the […]
Continue ReadingOvechkin has a goal and an assist as Capitals beat Lightning 4-2
Tampa, Fla. (AP) – There was no letdown for the Washington Capitals. Just more winning hockey. Putting an emotional second-round victory over playoff nemesis and two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh […]
Continue ReadingCapitals snap hex against Penguins with some OT magic
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Washington Capitals kept trying to downplay their own forgettable playoff history, the one pockmarked with disappointment and despair. Still, they couldn’t run from it. No one […]
Continue ReadingVrana makes most of promotion, Caps win to put Pens on brink
WASHINGTON (AP) Jakub Vrana came to the rink expecting to play on the Capitals’ third line again. He left as a top-liner on top of the world. Vrana made the most of […]
Continue ReadingPenguins hold Ovie without shot, even series with Capitals
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan knows his team is “wired” for offense, as tends to happen when you have Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and — increasingly — Jake Guentzel on […]
Continue ReadingOvechkin’s late goal lifts Capitals by Penguins 4-3
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have spent their entire careers chasing the Pittsburgh Penguins and shouldering their own franchise’s onerous history of playoff failures. One brilliant end-to-end […]
Continue ReadingCapitals hold on to lead this time, beat Penguins in Game 2
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braden Holtby spun around and saw the puck on the goal line. Maybe it was in. Maybe it wasn’t. But after mounting another two-goal lead and this […]
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