The Montreal Canadiens visit the Washington Capitals after the Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in overtime.

“It’s nice. It doesn’t always happen,” Capitals General Manager Chris Patrick said of the attention on Washington’s prospects. “It did feel like a bit of a throwback.” The Capitals ...

The Washington Capitals will attempt to string back-to-back wins together for the first time in nearly three weeks when they host the Montreal Canadiens on Friday.

Alex Ovechkin will return to the ice for the Capitals' showdown with the Maple Leafs after missing a month of action

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Ted Leonsis celebrate the start of a $800M renovation for the Washington Capitals and Wizards arena.

President-elect Donald Trump is holding a "victory rally" at Washington's Capitol One Arena the day before Inauguration Day.

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals appeared to be at a crossroads after being swept by the New York Rangers in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season. The Capitals had already chosen which direction they were headed nearly two years before, though.

After training with his teammates on Friday and being part of the usual Washington Capitals offensive lines in practice, Alex Ovechkin returned to the lineup in an NHL game on Saturday night.

Matt Boldy scored the shootout winner and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday night after Alex Ovechkin moved one step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL ...

The Caps will have to carry those positives over if they hope to overcome the Habs, who’ve heated up significantly in the month since the previous meeting between the two teams in Montreal. During the Caps’ 6-4-2 stretch, Montreal’s 8-2-0 mark is the second-best record in the NHL, and the Habs’ rate of 3.90 goals per game is tops in the circuit.

Coming off a shootout loss and in the midst of a bit of a slump, the Washington Capitals managed to do what good teams do; find ways to win, this time with a 2-1 OT victory over the Vancouver Canucks.