Nicklas Backstrom

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin knows full well that his playoff failures are adding up. The two-time NHL MVP also knows what that means for the way people think about his career. "Nobody remember losers," the...

The Sports Xchange Rangers clobber Caps in Game 7 shutout WASHINGTON -- Maybe New York Rangers coach John Tortorella was simply being prophetic when he said Game 7 is when "you make your legacy as a player." Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist took another...

Ribeiro scores in OT to lift Capitals to 2-1 win WASHINGTON -- If there was no glass around the dasher boards, Mike Ribeiro might have run all the way into the stands. The Capitals veteran center slid a Karl Alzner rebound into an unguarded net 9:24...

Derek Stepan and Arron Asham both scored tiebreaking goals in the third period for the New York Rangers in a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 3 on Monday night. The Rangers finally found their offense and got back into their first-round...

Derek Stepan and Arron Asham scored tiebreaking goals in the third period for the New York Rangers in a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference playoff series Monday night at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers...

The Sports Xchange Capitals 5, Jets 3 WASHINGTON -- It was a monumental climb, but the Washington Capitals won their fifth Southeast Division title in six years on Tuesday night with a harrowing 5-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in front of a sellout...

The Sports Xchange Capitals top Jets to capture Southeast crown WASHINGTON -- In one dressing room, the music was loud and the high-fives were in abundance. In the other, the sweaty silence was deafening. The Washington Capitals, who lost nine of...

April 23 (Sports Direct) - - Highlights of Tuesday's National Hockey league games. - - - Capitals 5, Jets 3 Mathieu Perreault, Jason Chimera, Nicklas Backstrom and captain Alex Ovechkin each had a goal and an assist as hosts Washington hung on to...

The Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals each are locked in a battle atop their respective divisions. The Southeast-leading Capitals will try to stay ahead of the streaking Winnipeg Jets when they visit the Northeast-leading Canadiens on Saturday....

With just ten games left in the season, the Washington Capitals are in the midst of a battle for their eighth and possibly the last Southeast Division Championship ever awarded. The Florida Panthers, on the other hand, are just trying to close out the...

The first game full of errors, poor defensive coverage and careless penalties could easily be shrugged off as growing pains for a team with a new coach and new system. Maybe even the second, too. But as the Washington Capitals foundered for a third...

Capitals Backstrom seeing specialist for neck injury Nicklas Backstrom is visiting a specialist in Michigan after suffering a neck injury while playing in the Kontinental Hockey League during the lockout, a Washington Capitals spokesman confirmed....