The Washington Capitals are currently ranked number 2 in the Eastern Conference League and trail leaders’ Boston by only 10 points. with the season still young, there’s plenty of time to take the lead and keep it. The Capitals team forwards include Nicklas Backstrom, Matt Bradley, Donald Brashear, Chris Clark, Sergei Federov, Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, Alexandre Giroux, Boyd Gordon, Viktor Kozlov, Brooks Laich, Michael Nylander, Alex Ovechkin,...

CBSSports.com wire reportsMay 5, 2012 WASHINGTON — Back a few seasons ago, when Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green were helping the Washington Capitals finally start to emerge from years of rebuilding with a go-go, attacking style, the team promoted its high-scoring core group with the slogan “Young Guns.” These days, the Capitals are succeeding in the playoffs with a...

Associated Press WASHINGTON — back a few seasons ago, when Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green were helping the Washington Capitals finally start to emerge from years of rebuilding with a go-go, attacking style, the team promoted its high-scoring core group with the slogan, “Young Guns.” These days, the Capitals are succeeding in the playoffs with a more conservative, defensive-minded style — and it still never...

Alex Ovechkin made the power play count for the Capitals on Monday night, netting the deciding goal and setting the Rangers on their heels as the Caps took a game on New York's ice. In the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Kings have been hot on the road, and Monday night was no different. Their offensive onslaught was too much for the St. Louis Blues. Here are the recaps from the games that took place Monday, April 30. be sure to check...