Alex Ovechkin 's goal 2:26 into overtime lifted the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win against the visiting Canadiens in Game 1 ...

Ken Van de Haar, who is from London, Ont., had just come out of the Tricolore store in the Bell Centre on Friday where he’d ...

SportsLine NHL analyst Scott Erskine gives his thoughts on who to back to score a goal in Monday's Stanley Cup Playoff games ...

In the season where he broke the NHL’s all-time goal record, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is not finished filling the net. Ovechkin snapped a wrist shot past Montreal Canadiens goaltender ...

Henri Richard, who played for 20 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, holds the record ... and several players, including Maurice Richard, Jacques Lemaire, and Serge Savard, each won 8.

Montreal Canadiens secured a playoff spot after a long absence, marking a significant turnaround. Connor Hellebuyck clinched ...

Be honest: Are you as excited about this series as you were a couple weeks ago, when Alex Ovechkin was sprinting toward Wayne Gretzky and the Montreal Canadiens were on a six-game win streak?

The top-seeded Washington Capitals will open the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Montreal Canadiens. The Capitals, winner of the Metropolitan Division as well, enter the postseason as heavy Cup ...

Ovechkin scored twice, including his first playoff overtime marker, as the Capitals earned a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens ... has captured the Maurice Richard Trophy for leading the ...