Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals resume their season with a rivalry game against the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.

Alas, it was not meant to be, as the Panthers fell behind several times en route to a frustrating 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals. Washington opened the scoring in the latter stages of the opening ...

The defending champion Florida Panthers will visit the Capital ... they give you a chance to win,” said Capitals winger Tom Wilson, who scored his 21st goal of the season.

With championship aspirations on both sides of the ice, Panthers currently sit atop the Atlantic Division at 32-19-3, while the Capitals lead the Metropolitan Division at 34-11-7.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record, and the Washington Capitals defeated the defending ...

WASHINGTON — A game that started out slow quickly turned into high-event hockey between the East-leading Washington Capitals and defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, as D.C. looked ...

WASHINGTON — After salvaging points in back-to-back games, the Washington Capitals are back in action and looking for a win, ...

Dowd had two assists to go along with his goal, Andrew Mangiapane and Aliaksei Protas each collected one of each and Tom Wilson added a ... to 14 games (10-0-4). Florida’s Sam Bennett recorded ...

Andrew Mangiapane, Tom Wilson ... Washington avoid losing three in a row. Florida's winning streak ended at three despite goals from Sam Bennett, Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk and 21 saves by ...

Andrew Mangiapane, Tom Wilson ... a row. Florida’s winning streak ended at three despite goals from Sam Bennett, Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk and 21 saves by Bobrovsky. Panthers ...