The Capitals and Alex Ovechkin are riding high in the regular season, but the Stanley Cup Playoffs will present new challenges.

The race for the Stanley Cup Playoffs is beginning to heat up in the final weeks of the regular season. For the most part, playoff spots remain open for much of the league. Only two teams have been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention.

Tom Wilson scored his 31st goal of the season, Alex Ovechkin had a pair of assists and the Washington Capitals beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers 6-3 on Saturday to win their fourth game in a row and pad their lead atop the NHL.

The Washington Capitals have the second-best odds among East teams at +1100. The Caps' full focus right now is on Alex Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky's scoring record. Washington plays Chicago on Friday and the Islanders on Sunday.

In the midst of what would otherwise be an unremarkable late-season game against the last-place Chicago Blackhawks, the Washington Capitals were all well aware of the main storyline of Friday night’s match – Ovechkin sitting three goals shy of breaking the record.

All that said, curb your enthusiasm when thinking that it was all delivered like lightning from Harry Potter’s wand. Also think twice when projecting whether the 2024-25 Capitals might serve as a quick-fix template for the Bruins. This great Washington recovery has been some 6-7 years in the making.

As the minutes ticked away between the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals, the Hurricanes were running away with an important victory. A win over the C

The Washington Capitals celebrated key players from their successful 'Fifth Era,' which began in 2014, with a tribute at Capital One Arena. Honorees i

Breaking down the third-period penalties, fisticuffs that overshadowed the Caps’ Alex Ovechkin scoring career goal No. 892 as he chases Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894.