Was chatting with Neil Smith on the phone Thursday and the former New York Rangers general manager caught my attention ...

WASHINGTON -- The Carolina Hurricanes can advance to the Eastern Conference Final for the second time in three seasons with a ...

The Capitals had high hopes entering the playoffs, but the Hurricanes humbled Alex Ovechkin's squad with some suffocating pressure.

The Washington Capitals will need a win on home ice on Thursday night, May 15, to keep their Stanley Cup hopes alive.

The Rangers (39-36-7) missed the playoffs for the first time ... Laviolette coached the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 ...

The Washington Capitals were eliminated from the NHL playoffs Thursday night, falling to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of ...

The Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars are each one win away from winning their second-round series and moving on to the ...

The Washington Capitals' playoff run ended disappointingly against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5, despite a promising season. The Hurricanes' domi ...

Jake Burger's sixth inning solo home run was the difference in a dynamite pitchers' duel as the Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 1-0 on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series between ...

Thompson did make some big stops — including a lunging stick save on Logan Stankoven on Thursday — that helped keep the ...

Mike Sullivan, Rick Tocchet, Joel Quenneville and David Carle are off the market. Who does that leave? Here are 11 remaining ...