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Washington Capitals fans can’t watch new games now, but they can watch hockey legends Alex Ovechkin and Wayne Gretzky face off virtually. Ovechkin and Gretzky will play the video game NHL 20 on the Caps’ Twitch channel. The site lets gamers livestream themselves as they play. Fans who tune in won’t just be getting their hockey fix – they’ll...

The NHL is pushing back the possibility of resuming its season by several weeks, if not a month or more.

The Washington Capitals lost 4-3 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens despite Alex Ovechkin scoring his 699th career goal

Philadelphia police are investigating allegations that Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty punched a 13-year-old boy at a season ticket holder event

The Washington Capitals have signed Nicklas Backstrom to a $46 million, five-year contract extension.

Captain, the Capitals’ service dog trainee, visited News4 Monday. Captain is from America’s Vet Dogs and he is training to become a service dog for a veteran or a first responder with disabilities.

Laurie Wood served for 18 years as a photographer for the U.S. Navy, and later as a sheriff’s deputy. But in 2012, Wood fell from a roof and was paralyzed from the waist down. Now an avid sled hockey player, she was invited to watch the Washington Capitals practice Saturday. But the Caps had one more surprise for her when...

Events DC, the quasi-government agency that manages Nationals Park, paid approximately $15,000 for tickets to a suite at the World Series. The agency said it gifted them to “customers, friends or stakeholders.” Among them, the DC mayor and members of the council.

The Washington Nationals kept the World Series victory party going at the Washington Capitals’ hockey game Sunday night.

The Washington Nationals kept the World Series victory party going at the Washington Capitals’ hockey game Sunday night. Nats players rode a Zamboni shirtless, poured beer into fans’ mouths and belted out “We Are the Champions” in the Caps’ locker room.

The best news for the Washington Capitals on Saturday may have been the introduction of their new service dog-in-training, a 10-week-old yellow Lab. On the ice, the Caps lost 3-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes in the Caps’ home opener.

Washington Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov has been suspended without pay for three regular-season games by the NHL.

The co-founder of the oldest minority hockey club in North America made it into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov tested positive for cocaine at the world championship and has been banned from the Russian national team for four years.

The first round of the NHL draft wasn’t so much unpredictable as the game is becoming more international. That was Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill’s observation following an opening round Friday that featured an international theme and numerous twists. Selected by New Jersey, center Jack Hughes became the eighth American chosen No. 1, and first since Auston Matthews was...

Venus Williams joined retired soccer star Julie Foudy and ice hockey player Hilary Knight in the Eiffel Tower to highlight the push for pay equality for women athletes. The trio gathered Saturday night for a forum sponsored by LUNA bar and moderated by Catt Sadler, who quit E! in December 2017 after she learned her male co-host earned twice the...

After a half-century of disappointment, even Mother Nature didn’t dare spoil the celebration of St. Louis’ first-ever Stanley Cup championship. A morning downpour fizzled to a light rain by the time the parade began Saturday, and the sun popped out just as a rally was starting before a massive crowd on the grounds of the Gateway Arch. The Blues ended...

The Bruins defeated the Blues, 5-1, to force a seventh game in the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on Wednesday night.