Cats-Bolts is the third game of four Tuesday on the ESPN family of networks, following New Jersey - Carolina ( 6 p.m. ET, ...

It’s starting to feel like an annual tradition: Panthers vs. Lightning in the NHL playoffs, the battle of Florida, a matchup ...

Tom Wilson laid out Guhle. Andrew Mangiapane sucker-punched Hutson and came out of it with a Washington power play – leading ...

Oct. 31 @ WSH: 6-3 WSH Dec. 7 @ MTL: 4-2 WSH Jan. 10 @ WSH: 3-2 MTL (OT) Cole Caufield was electric in his playoff debut in ...

Tonight, the Montreal Canadiens begin the next step of the franchise rebuild with their first appearance in the playoffs ...

Stamkos is in a unique position to remark upon Ovechkin's accomplishments — he ranks third among active goal scorers with 580 goals, behind only Ovechkin and Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney ...

Martin St. Louis is putting the pressure on Washington. While the Montreal Canadiens clawed their way into the playoffs, the Capitals flirted with first place in the NHL all season.

As the youngest team in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Canadiens will need their most inexperienced players to be difference-makers for them to pull off an upset over the experienced Capitals.

The Montreal Canadiens have no shortage of inspiration from which to draw against the Washington Capitals in the first-round ...

Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain scored twice on Friday to tie the record and ...

Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round predictions.