The Washington Capitals roster features players of different ages and backgrounds, and different musical preferences.
Sammi Silber
It's the holiday season, and a time for giving, so Sporting News granting each of the 31 NHL teams a holiday surprise from their wish lists.
Evan Sporer
Clayton Keller first met Alex Ovechkin as a child. On Friday, Keller scores in OT to defeat the Capitals captain.
Alec Gearty
Did you really think the Capitals captain was done scoring goals by the bunches?
Andrew Berkshire
Seattle seems destined to land the NHL's 32nd franchise, Artemi Panarin is finding his scoring touch in Columbus, and would the Senators really trade Erik Karlsson?
Rob Mixer
Capitals coach Barry Trotz offered a direct, honest assessment of Kevin Shattenkirk, and the Rangers defenseman was not too thrilled Thursday.
Jim Cerny
The NHL prefers its players stick to sports. But vastly different public responses to the recent socio-political statements by J.T. Brown and Alex Ovechkin illustrate hockey's double standard.
Patrick Kearns
Backstrom ends drought with his first period goal against the Blackhawks.
San Jose Sharks star Joe Thornton dropped the gloves in the third period of his team's 4-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Monday.
Rudi Schuller
The Capitals captain left Saturday's game against the Minnesota Wild early after being struck by an errant puck.
Gabriel Landeskog scores his first career hat-trick in the Avalanche's win over the Washington Capitals
Jay Beagle remains a constant with the Washington Capitals.
On Instagram, the Capitals captain called for "a strong and united Russia" to support President Vladmir Putin, who's expected to run for re-election in the spring.
Brandon Schlager
Alex Ovechkin noticed a shirtless man on the street in chilly Edmonton Friday, so he came through with an act of kindness.
The Capitals' captain broke a tie with Jaromir Jagr for most overtime goals in NHL history Friday.
Ryan Young
Watch Evgeny Kuznetsov records his 11th assist of the year.
Alex Ovechkin scores goal No. 9.
The talented Swede has helped improve the New Jersey Devils' early fortunes after seven solid seasons with the Washington Capitals.
Point's goal gave Tampa Bay a 4-3 overtime victory on Monday night.
E.Jay Zarett
Nathan Walker took up hockey after watching "The Mighty Ducks" and left Australia at age 13 to pursue a pro career. Ten years later, a globe-trotting journey paid off with his first NHL goal.
Ted Starkey
After a third-period hat trick in Washington's season opener, Ovechkin scores three goals in first period on Saturday and one in the second period against Montreal.
Ovechkin scored three goals in less than eight minutes in third period in Washington's 5-4 win against Ottawa.
Inside the toughest division in hockey, the two-time defending champions reign supreme. But the Metro may be in for a surprise or two when it comes time to sorting out playoff contenders.
No longer a popular pick to win the Stanley Cup, the Capitals remain a top contender in 2017-18.
NHL Department of Player Safety wasted no time suspending forward Tom Wilson after hit on St. Louis Blues' Robert Thomas.
Here's the schedule for the first round of the 2017 NHL playoffs bracket.
Hockey sometimes is not for the faint of heart. This is one of those times.
The Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins have put up their championship banner and taken down the for-sale sign.
Bob Hille
The Chicago Blackhawks dealt center Andrew Shaw to Montreal while the Canadiens sent forward Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals.
Ron Clements
T.J. Oshie has a knack for scoring big goals, and he did it three times Thursday to give the Capitals a 1-0 series lead.
Some things just go together — milk and cookies, peanut butter and jelly, Jay-Z and Beyonce, the St. Louis Blues and playoff collapses.
The Flyers set a franchise record with just 11 shots on goal Friday.
It was starting to seem a bit like déjà vu for the Sharks, but they held in Game 4 and have the rival Kings on the brink of elimination.
The Flyers forward needed to be carted off the ice during a scary scene in Wednesday's Game 4 against the Capitals.
It's probably too early to say for sure, but the Capitals look every bit the indomitable force from the regular season in the playoffs.
The Florida Panthers might be in trouble. The Washington Capitals and Dallas Stars cruised in their playoff openers.
Thursday's Stanley Cup playoffs opener between the Flyers and Capitals was chippy throughout, and tensions finally boiled over in the third.
The Wizards-Jazz and Celtics-76ers matchups and the game between the Ducks and Capitals have all been postponed due to winter weather.
Gabrielle McMillen
The Capitals star is the 43rd player in NHL history to reach 500 goals and the first Russian-born player to accomplish the milestone.
Kirstie Chiappelli
The Capitals forward was a game-time decision after he missed the team's morning skate earlier Tuesday for undisclosed reasons.
