The news that Alex Ovechkin's wife, Nastya Shubskaya Ovechkina, was pregnant with the couple's first child was only officially revealed after the Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup. On Aug. 18, their first child was born.
The Washington Capitals named Scott Arniel and Reid Cashman as assistants Monday to Todd Reirden's coaching staff.
Phil Pritchard, the "Keeper of the Cup" whose duty it is to travel with the trophy and arrange the itinerary of offseason player visits, says the Washington Capitals had "a good United Nations of a team this year."
It shouldn't surprise fans that Washington Wizards and Capitals owner Ted Leonsis was happy with how his teams' offseasons went.
Kettler Capitals Iceplex has been renamed MedStar Capitals Iceplex, and the new Washington Wizards practice facility in Southeast Washington will be named the MedStar Wizards Performance Center.
The Washington Capitals have focused on retaining, not adding, during free agency this summer. But one trade created the only major personnel question the Capitals have not moved to address.
The Washington Capitals and forward Tom Wilson have agreed to a six-year deal with an annual average value of $5.17 million, the team announced Friday night.
Washington Capitals director of goaltending Mitch Korn has taken the same position on Barry Trotz's staff with the New York Islanders.
No one knows for sure if Putin is coming, and if he does, when in the fall it might be. But October seems like the likely time, and the further away from the Nov. 6 election day, the better. In this political environment, who knows? But the Capitals have five home dates in October, and Putin could conceivably be in town for any one of them.
The Washinghton Capitals signed Brooks Orpik to a one-year, $1 million contract, a month after trading him to the Colorado Avalanche.
The Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals have experienced increased demand this summer for season tickets and partial-season ticket plans, the team confirmed to The Washington Times.
Bowey played in 51 games as a rookie and made 12 assists.
Ovechkin is the first hockey player to win the award since the ESPYS began in 1993.
President Donald Trump presented Russian President Vladimir Putin with a gift of a hockey jersey and puck from Alexander Ovechkin at the two leaders' summit in Helsinki, Finland on Monday.
The DC Breeze, the District's semi-pro Frisbee team, doesn't have the glamour of some of the city's marquee teams. But that matters little to the dedicated athletes and fans of D.C.'s American Ultimate Disc League franchise.
Monumental Sports and Entertainment announced Wednesday that the in-game entertainment experience for Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals games next season will undergo an "overhaul" as part of the $40 million renovations planned for this offseason.
At long last, Alex Ovechkin returned to his home country of Russia -- with the Stanley Cup in hand.
General manager Brian MacLellan said Tuesday the Capitals are about finished in free agency. But there is still one major item left on the team's to-do list: lock up Tom Wilson.
Former Capitals assistant Lane Lambert was hired Thursday as the New York Islanders associate coach -- reuniting with Barry Trotz.
Here's a message to envious opponents, amid complaints that Golden State is ruining the league: Develop three home-grown All-NBA players and then we'll listen.
