The Washington Capitals need a heroic effort to climb back into their East semifinal series with the Carolina Hurricanes, and ...

The Washington Capitals held a lighter optional morning skate ahead of Thursday's elimination game against the Carolina ...

The Washington Capitals bounced back in a big way to even the series, and two players in particular led the way.

Thompson has been perhaps the best goalie in the postseason, and he’s gotten there playing an unorthodox style built around ...

The Capitals rewarded Thompson with a six-year, $35.1 million contract ($5.85 million average annual value) he signed Jan. 27 ...

Andrei Svechnikov scored the game-winner late in the third period to lift the Hurricanes to the series victory with a 3-1 win ...

Thompson stopped 32 of 36 shots Monday in the Capitals' 5-2 loss to the Hurricanes in Game 4 of their second-round series, with Carolina's final goal getting scored into an empty net. Washington's ...

Andrei Svechnikov scored the go-ahead goal with just under two minutes left and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington ...

Carolina awaits the winner of the other Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida ...

The Hurricanes will go to Washington for Game 5 on Thursday with a chance to close out the second-round Stanley Cup playoff ...

The Carolina Hurricanes knocked off the Eastern Conference-best Washington Capitals. Highlights from the Game 5 win: ...

Behind another solid performance from Frederik Andersen in net and a late third-period charge punctuated by an Andrei ...