The playoff field features teams located across the US and Canada, from Washington and Montreal to Winnipeg and Edmonton.

The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs features 16 teams in eight best-of-7 series, which start Saturday. Today, NHL.com ...

An infusion of young talent fresh to the NHL in recent weeks, a handful of veterans in their mid-to-late 30s chasing the ...

We typically think of the NHL's salary cap as a 'hard cap' with a clearly defined minimum and maximum for the clubs' payrolls ...

This is the end. My only friend. The end. The Pittsburgh Penguins (33-36-12) can neither reach hockey .500, nor can they ...

Washington Capitals rookie Ryan Leonard was thrown into the NHL during the height of Alexander Ovechkin’s all-time goal record chase. Through eight games this season, since coming over from Boston ...

John Buccigross praised the Hershey Bears’ hockey legacy, Ryan Leonard’s NHL potential and Spencer Carbery’s coaching rise in a FOX43 interview.

Alex Ovechkin has the goalscoring record, but can the Capitals also help him win a second Stanley Cup when the playoffs begin ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

A hard hit on Washington Capitals rookie Ryan Leonard turned Saturday’s game in Columbus into something closer to a brawl than a hockey match. The Capitals were routed 7–0 by the Columbus Blue Jackets ...

Fantilli's two goals, Greaves' excellence in net lead feisty Blue Jackets to blowout victory over Capitals to avoid playoff ...

Washington Capitals rookie Ryan Leonard received not one but two “welcome to the League” moments in Saturday’s 7-0 loss to ...