Chicago plays the Nashville Predators at United Center on Friday (8:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, CHSN) and the St. Louis Blues on ...

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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to shatter records on his way to Wayne Gretzky's all-time regular season ...

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also one of just two ...

Cruising to the top of the NHL standings by winning 36 of their first 54 games and losing just 11 in regulation, the ...

Pittsburgh Penguins superstar captain Sidney Crosby will miss his first game in nearly three years when he sits out a road ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Washington Capitals (33-10-5, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (20-17-10, in the Pacific Division) Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Washington ...

as Washington extended its win streak to five games and solidified its position atop the NHL with a league-best record of 32-10-5 and 69 points. Pierre-Luc Dubois starred for the Capitals ...

Tom Wilson and Matt Roy also scored for the Capitals, who extended their point streak to 11 games (8-0-3). Logan Thompson, the reigning NHL first star of the week, made 30 saves and picked up his ...

Tom Wilson and Matt Roy also scored for the Capitals, who have earned at least a point in an NHL-high 11 straight games, going 8-0-3 in that span. Leon Draisaitl and Corey Perry scored for the ...