The Washington Capitals completed the regular season as the best team in the Eastern Conference but fell in five games to the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

He tried to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night but only made it a few minutes before the sting of his Washington Capitals’ second-round playoff exit took over and he had to turn it off.

The Carolina Hurricanes made quick work of the Washington Capitals in their second-round playoff series. Carolina dispatched the Capitals in five games, sending the top-seeded team in the ...

The Hurricanes advanced after dispatching the conference's top-seeded Washington Capitals in five games, clinching the series in a dramatic 3-1 Game 5 win decided by a go-ahead Andrei Svechnikov ...

Booking photo of Alex Alexeyev and ambulance responding to scene in Clarendon early Saturday (via Arlington County Sheriff's Office and traffic camera/SafetyVid) A Washington Capitals player was ...

When Brian MacLellan spoke this time last year, after the Washington Capitals’ season ended with a sweep in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at the hands of the New York Rangers ...

Carolina also took shots at those who have criticized its style of play, and the Capitals' home city of Washington, D.C. The most brutal troll was saved for Friday, though. Quoting a post by ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Washington Capitals defenseman Alexander Alexeyev was arrested over the weekend after allegedly taking part in a fight while under the influence, according to Arlington ...

(AP) — Alex Ovechkin said Saturday he intends to return to the Washington Capitals for his 21st NHL season after breaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal-scoring record earlier this spring.

The Hurricanes, who dispatched the New Jersey Devils on April 29, open their second-round series against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday in the nation's capital. Game 1: at Washington ...