In the days leading up the April 3 NHL trade deadline, contract negotiations between the Capitals and Mike Ribeiro broke off after the 33-year-old center turned down a three-year offer that would
If there were seeds of doubt in the Capitals’ locker room when they were 2-8-1, Adam Oates did everything he could to dig them up and toss them out the window.
Instant analysis of the Capitals’ Southeast Division-clinching 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets in front of a raucous sellout crowd Tuesday night at Verizon Center:
MONTREAL -- With four games remaining in their regular season and the Eastern Conference playoff picture beginning to clear, the Capitals seem to understand the weight of what lies ahead of them.
MONTREAL -- Nicklas Backstrom skated on a top line with Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson at the Capitals’ practice Friday afternoon at the Bell Centre, seemingly unaffected by a shot he took on
