The teams meet Friday for the seventh time this season. The Canadiens won 6-3 in the previous meeting. Montreal has a 24-12-6 record in home games and a 40-31-11 record overall.

Protas’ return to the lineup is either pending or close to it. The Capitals could sure use him, but that means benching ...

Connor McMichael scored twice and Logan Thompson made 14 of his 25 saves in the third period as the Washington Capitals beat ...

Connor McMichael scored twice and Logan Thompson made 14 of his 25 saves in the third period as the Washington Capitals beat ...

Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of th ...

That’s it: it all starts tonight. It’s been four years since there’s been playoff field hockey involving the Canadiens. And ...

As everyone knows, the Montreal Canadiens will face the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs. Obviously, ...

Dubois notched a power-play assist in Thursday's 5-2 loss to the Penguins.

Adds helper ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting Alex Ovechkin the NHL goals record was a major motivator for the Washington Capitals over the past month. That came Sunday when he scored the 895th of his career.

In a game that saw each team blow a two-goal lead, a shootout was required to settle it, and center Pierre-Luc Dubois did just that to lift the Capitals to a 5-4 win that secured Washington (50-19 ...