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When Mike Babcock essentially dismissed any concern over the impact Tom Wilson could have on a series, Wilson responded. In the first round against the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2017, the Caps' forward scored the overtime winner in Game 1 and saved the series in Game 3 with a sweep of the puck off the goal line followed by a goal of his own soon after. If you dismissed Wilson after Game 1 and Game 2 against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Barry Trotz believes you can expect a similar answer this year after how he played in Game 3. Continue to Article

April 19, 2018 1:53:am EST

The NHL playoffs continue Thursday with a two-game slate beginning at 7:00 PM Eastern time. Below you'll find the players to target and those to avoid from a pool consisting of the Capitals, Blue Jackets, Bruins and Maple Leafs. GOALIE Sergei Bobrovsky Continue to Article

April 18, 2018 8:00:pm EST

Vegas has done this too often before – that is to say, they’ve defied what we think of as possible for an expansion franchise so often that it’s different ways to call them amazing.  The Golden Knights’ latest feat of improbability was completing their four-game sweep of the seasoned Los Angeles Kings Tuesday night. In what perfectly encapsulates what the Golden Knights are, Brayden McNabb was the one who scored the series-winning goal.  McNabb is a defenseman who logged just 15:04 minutes per contest with Los Angeles in 2016-17 and was frequently listed as a healthy scratch.  Vegas took him in the expansion draft end he took advantage of the opportunity, averaging 20:09 minutes in 76 regular season games and being leaned on even more in the playoffs.  He got 23:36 minutes in Game 4. Continue to Article

April 18, 2018 2:04:am EST

The Washington Capitals needed a lucky bounce to finally get an overtime win in Game 3 in their intense first-round playoff series with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Lars Eller got the last stick on a puck that bounced off him and Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski before rolling past Sergei Bobrovsky, and Washington got the 3-2 victory nine minutes into the second overtime Tuesday night. The Capitals won at Nationwide Arena after Columbus won the first two games - both in overtime - in Washington. Continue to Article

April 18, 2018 12:53:am EST

Nobody would blame you if expected the worst for the Washington Capitals as Game 3 against the Columbus Blue Jackets went to overtime on Tuesday, the third time in as many games the teams needed sudden death to decide a winner. After all, this is the Capitals. It seemed inevitable that something, somehow, was going to go wrong in overtime, especially as Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin turned into a one-man highlight reel every time he touched the ice. Continue to Article

April 18, 2018 12:23:am EST