John Keim

Updated: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

This debate would have seemed silly a month ago -- maybe even a few weeks ago. But now? It's legitimate. With less than two weeks remaining in the NHL season, it's worth asking: Does Sidney Crosby still deserve to be the MVP? Or is, for example, Alex Ovechkin a better candidate? Crosby was...

Brian McNally

Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

Capitals defenseman Mike Green looked bewildered. His team had won Saturday night over Tampa Bay and yet the winning locker room felt far from victorious after Green's team needed his overtime score to rescue a game it twice led by four goals. Consider that a lesson learned. Washington again...

Brian McNally

Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

It appears at the very least that the Capitals must get through the final six regular season games without one of their most versatile players. And it could take a longer playoff run to give injured forward Brooks Laich enough time to recover from his latest groin injury. Laich missed his...

Brian McNally

Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

Washington hasn't locked up Southeast Division yet The end is in sight now for the Capitals. With six games left in the NHL regular season, a fifth Southeast Division title in six years is close. But Washington's work isn't complete. With a four-point lead over the second-place Winnipeg...

Jim Williams

Updated: Fri, Apr 12, 2013

It took Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin a while to embrace the system of new head coach Adam Oates. But once the superstar and the rookie head coach got on the same page, things began to fall into place big-time. Suddenly, the Caps went from the bottom of the standings all the way to the top of...

Brian McNally

Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

They can sense the Stanley Cup playoffs now. A goal the Capitals once took as a birthright looked out of reach early this season. Not anymore. With just seven games left in the regular season, Washington has fought its way back into a prime position with a late-season surge that continued...

Brian McNally

Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

Defenseman gets deal and baby and scores a goal The whirlwind has yet to stop for Capitals defenseman Jack Hillen. He spent the fall and holiday season home with his pregnant wife, Caitlin, and 2-year-old son, Finn, but shortly after New Year's Day he was summoned to Washington as the NHL...

Brian McNally

Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

It's hard to imagine the Capitals making a Stanley Cup playoff push after their disastrous 2-8-1 start to the season without the help of their Southeast Division rivals. Carolina led the division for much of the lockout-shortened season before imploding thanks to a rash of injuries. Florida,...

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Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013

MONTREAL -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 26th goal and Jack Hillen got his first as the Washington Capitals stretched their winning run to five games with a 3-2 over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. Eric Fehr also scored for the Southeast Division-leading Caps, who are 6-0-1 in their last...

Thom Loverro

Updated: Mon, Apr 8, 2013

The Washington Capitals are one of the hottest teams in the NHL, making a late season run under a rookie coach to try to squeeze into the Stanley Cup playoffs. It's 2008 all over again. Shouldn't the Caps have progressed over the past six years? Look, the Caps have played great hockey of...