Washington goaltender Charlie Lindgren stopped the nine shots he faced ... of time and space at the top of the zone. Captain Alex Ovechkin was wide open in his office in the left circle, but ...

The left wing practiced Monday on a line with Dubois at center and Aliaksei Protas at right wing. Ovechkin, who has 20 goals in 27 games this season and is 22 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky ’s NHL record of 894 goals, has played regularly with Dylan Strome, who practiced on a line with Connor McMichael and Tom Wilson.

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson posted his second-straight shutout on Thursday evening against the Ottawa Senators. Thompson stopped all 24 shots he faced, which set up Alexander Ovechkin's overtime game-winner.

Making a second consecutive start and playing in his third in a row since Charlie Lindgren was injured ... each of his first three NHL games. Alex Ovechkin was the most recent to do it, in ...

Making a second consecutive start and playing in his third in a row since Charlie Lindgren was injured ... each of his first three NHL games. Alex Ovechkin was the most recent to do it, in ...

The Ottawa Senators return home with a tall order as they take on the best team in the East and League — the Washington Capitals. Washington leads the league with a 0.716 save percentage at 63 points in 44 games.

Montreal allows a two-on-one, but Lane Hutson gets his foot on the pass. The puck goes the other way. Nick Suzuki tries to pass it to Caufield, but it’s blocked. Suzuki collects the puck off the missed play, and fires it off the bar and in.

Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals. Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Capitals region: Monumental S

John Carlson is the Caps' second most productive player against the Habs with 26 points in 43 games. Pierre-Luc Dubois comes in third place with 23 points in 26 duels and Tom Wilson, the star of the last tilt between the two sides, has 19 points in 27 games.

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He was at the net-front, kind of getting into it a little bit with (Alexander) Ovechkin, and then he’s at the net-front, then he gets a tip, that’s kind of Ryan Hartman in a

Alex Ovechkin scored at 3:07 of overtime to lift the visiting Washington Capitals over the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Thursday night. Ovechkin took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on the rush and beat Leevi Merilainen from the left circle for his 874th NHL goal.