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Brooks Orpik went 824 days between goals before scoring the winner in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. ''He plays extremely hard,'' forward Tom Wilson said. As the NHL shifts toward speed and skill and away from size and physicality, defensemen like Orpik and Deryk Engelland of the Vegas Golden Knights are becoming rare species in hockey. Continue to Article

June 04, 2018 10:19:am EST

Of all the ways the Washington Capitals have tried to win in the playoffs, none has been as effective as this. Suddenly, the Capitals are a suffocating defensive team that clogs the middle of the ice and makes even the fastest of opponents look slow. The Vegas Golden Knights are the latest to get frustrated by Washington’s neutral-zone pressure that took a toll on Columbus, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay, paving the way for this run to the Stanley Cup Final. Continue to Article

June 03, 2018 6:57:pm EST

This is one of those “1a, 1b” situations, as Alex Ovechkin really flexed his muscles in Game 3. Remarkably, whatever Kuznetsov’s upper-body ailment is, it didn’t stop him from shining in peripheral categories. Continue to Article

June 03, 2018 6:50:pm EST

Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I'm reading, while loving the atmosphere down in DC, where the Capitals might just be finally living up to their potential. *The Vegas Golden Knights might just be in trouble when truth, justice and the American Way are on the side of the Washington Capitals. *Bob McKenzie reports that there have been daily talks between John Tavares and Lou Lamoriello on an extension with the New York Islanders, and that has to bode well for the Isles retaining their franchise player. Continue to Article

June 03, 2018 12:04:pm EST

WASHINGTON — Watching Alex Ovechkin play in person is a completely different experience compared to watching any other player in the NHL. It is not just that he is better than just about everybody else on the ice on any given night. It is all just … different Continue to Article

June 03, 2018 2:00:am EST