The Caps arrived in Montreal on Thursday with a 2-0 series lead that was far from commanding. They squeezed out a pair of ...

The Washington Capitals open their eyes on Saturday morning with a very real series on their hands against the Montreal ...

Both Washington and Montreal rank among the NHL’s most-improved teams this season; the Caps jumped 20 points from 91 to 111, ...

Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens ran over Washington 6-3 in an electric Game 3 that featured ...

Goaltender Logan Thompson exited the Washington Capitals' 6-3 Game 3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens in the third period with ...

Montreal's Sam Montembeault and Washington's Logan Thompson both left Game 3 with injuries, and they could be gone for a ...

Thompson was at his best in the third, notably robbing Josh Anderson of what would have been the tying goal on a 2-on-0 ...

Montreal roars back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period, but Alexander Ovechkin ended their hopes with the winning goal in ...

Christian Dvorak broke a tie at 4:17 of the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 on Friday night to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

The underdog Canadiens showed they're ready for a fight despite losing Game 1 of their first-round playoff series with the ...

Monday's NHL playoff action featured four games with wild, tenses finishes. Here are our takeaways from the action.

A heated fight between Capitals forward Tom Wilson and Montreal’s Josh Anderson spilled into Washington’s bench on Friday.