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Capitals coach Barry Trotz shared bad news with reporters (including the Washington Post’s Isabelle Khurshudyan): Andre Burakovsky will miss at least the remainder of the series against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Burakovsky took a hit into the boards from Boone Jenner late in the 1st and is not on the bench for the 2nd. Continue to Article

April 20, 2018 2:27:pm EST

Washington Capitals winger Andre Burakovsky will have minor surgery to repair an upper-body injury and miss the rest of the first-round series against Columbus. Coach Barry Trotz says Burakovsky could return if his team advances deeper in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Burakovsky was injured in Game 2 Sunday on a hit by Blue Jackets forward Boone Jenner. The 23-year-old Burakovsky had been playing in a top-six role for the Capitals in the first round after putting up 12 goals and 13 assists in 56 regular-season games. His absence pushed Chandler Stephenson up the lineup to play alongside Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie. Stephenson skated a regulation career-high 17:02 in the Capitals' Game 4 victory Continue to Article

April 20, 2018 2:07:pm EST

After a few minutes of answering questions, Tortorella got fed up with the line of questioning. “We weren’t good,” Tortorella said after the game. After winning the first two games of the series on the road, the Blue Jackets managed to drop both contests at home. Continue to Article

April 20, 2018 10:42:am EST

There's a saying in sports that goes, "A series doesn't start until a team loses at home." For the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets, their series won't start until someone wins at home. Columbus took Game 1 and Game 2 from Capital One Arena and the Caps answered back by winning Game 3 and Game 4 in Ohio. "We came [to Columbus] to try to get the first one," Barry Trotz said after Thursday's win. Continue to Article

April 20, 2018 2:07:am EST

Evgeny Kuznetsov finished with a goal and two assists while Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson each had a goal and one assist as the visiting Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 Thursday night in Game 4 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. The Capitals evened the series at 2-2 after losing the first two games in overtime at Washington. The Capitals got goals from Wilson in the first period, T.J. Oshie in the second and Ovechkin and Kuznetsov in the third. Continue to Article

April 20, 2018 1:24:am EST

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