Capitals

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  Bid on These Items: Caps, Nats and Wizards Donate to Help Charity Restore a Child

  An Evgeny Kuznetsov autographed puck. A Dave Martinez autographed baseball. A Markieff Morris autographed photo.

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  Travis Boyd Scores His First Career NHL Goal

  Congratulations, Travis Boyd, and let's hope that's the first of many for the Washington Capitals.

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  Caps Recall Forward Riley Barber

  The Washington Capitals announced that they have recalled forward Riley Barber from AHL Hershey.

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  Nobody Deserves to Be Injured, Not Even the Hard-Hitters

  "Each of 30 NHL teams should take up a collection tomorrow to contribute a portion of their paychecks to Ryan Reaves," said one writer.

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  Capitals Come Out on the Short End in Vegas

  Braden Holtby (Caps Outsider) When the Capitals met Vegas back in October, they were coming off one of the hardest celebrated Stanley Cup championships in recent memory. They were coming off...

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  Nearing 5,000 Career Shots, One Season Sticks Out for Ovechkin

  Ovechkin is about to become the ninth player to pass 5,000 shots on goal.

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  Peter Bondra Participates in Hockey Stick Menorah Lighting

  Peter Bondra skipped the end of the Caps game to help light the hockey stick menorah for Hanukkah.

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  Wilson is a Victim of His Own Reputation

  Death, taxes and a controversial Tom Wilson hit.

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  Nicklas Backstrom’s Hat Trick Is First One in a Year for Caps

  Coach Todd Reirden left Backstrom on the ice at the end of the game to reward him for his hard work, and it got him a hat trick.

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  Ovechkin Passes Sakic, Iginla on All-Time Goals List

  With his 626 career goal, Alex Ovechkin past both Joe Sakic and Jerome Iginla for sole possession of 15th place on the all-time NHL goals list.