The Washington Capitals host the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday, April 23 for Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

Defenseman Kaiden Guhle scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in their season ...

The Oilers hope to clean up their defense as they remain without defensemen Mattias Ekholm and Troy Stecher. Also of note: ...

Round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs often presents some of the best betting opportunities you’ll see all season.

The start of the NHL playoffs is off to a heavy-hitting start, with nearly 80 per game early in the first round after an ...

It feels like every postseason brings about familiar foes – players returning to previous home cities to face former ...

Welcome back to another NHL Predictions. Each day our writers here at Last Word on Hockey look at the games and give in-depth ...

Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the ...

Alex Ovechkin smacked an airborne puck into the net with his stick blade for the first playoff overtime goal of his career, ...

It's hard to believe that of Alex Ovechkin's 72 career playoff goals heading into Monday night, none of them came in overtime ...

If the previous games in the three series which continue on Wednesday night are any hint as to their ongoing competitiveness, ...

Sam Montembeault has been busy against Washington, and his number will be called again to keep the Habs in it as the series shifts to the Bell Centre.