After 19 months of pounding Gaza, Israel is now under growing pressure from unlikely quarters – some of its closest Western ...

In his third year with the Capitals, he produced like a legit first-line center, showing offensive creativity ... rate ridiculous enough to justify his issues with keeping the pace at five-on ...

The Capitals and Hurricanes were two of the best offensive generators at five-on ... then dealt with a series of nagging oblique issues that stole some more of his time. His rate stats were ...

Defenseman Jalen Chatfield was not at Canes practice Wednesday and Nikishin was paired with fellow Russian Dmitry Orlov.

Defenseman Alexander Nikishin made his NHL debut in the Carolina Hurricanes’ playoff game Thursday against the Washington Capitals ... After settling some visa issues, Nikishin was able to ...

Frederik Andersen has stayed as calmly consistent as it gets in the NHL playoffs. The 35-year-old veteran has the best save ...

The four remaining NHL playoff teams seek to make the Stanley Cup Final as the conference finals begin. Here are predictions for both series.

Washington was unable to manage clean exits from its own end of the ice, and that led to issues in the neutral zone, and it also resulted in an essentially non-existent forecheck for the Capitals.

However, the Maple Leafs’ offensive struggles aren’t a new problem ... has never properly addressed the roster’s depth-scoring issues. When John Tavares isn’t scoring around the net ...