According to the numbers, home ice in the NHL isn’t that big a deal, and I’m never been one to argue with hard data.…
The Vegas Golden Knights have made a habit out of spectacularly over-the-top performances to kick off playoff games,…
A fun thing about Washington D.C. is that its metro transportation system closes at 11:30 p.m. on weeknights even if…
The Washington Capitals came crashing back down to earth tonight in a 4-2 loss to the Lightning in Game 3 of the…
Aside from the nonstop playoff losses, I imagine the worst thing about being a Washington D.C.-area sports fan is…
Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien is a big boy. Listed at 6-foot-5, 260 pounds, I would call him an immovable object…
The Golden Knights chalked up their Game 1 loss to effort. “They outworked us,” coach Gerard Gallant said. “We have…
After dispatching the Golden Knights with a three-goal barrage in the first-period of Game 1, the Winnipeg Jets…
You could see it from the 300 level. Watching the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Blackhawks 5-4 in Chicago on Jan. 5…
The Jets are now the Stanley Cup favorites, after dispatching Nashville in an occasionally disjointed seven-game…
Predators goalie Pekka Rinne—or, just as plausibly, some amateur wearing his sweater and pads—ended Nashville’s…
With his NHL season ended before the playoffs even began, Connor McDavid gets the dubious honor of leading the…

Nothing lasts forever, not even the reign of hockey star Vladimir Putin, known worldwide as one of the great…
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers) and the Charlotte Checkers (Hurricanes) played the …

For the first time ever, an Alexander Ovechkin Capitals team has both advanced past the NHL’s second round and…
A request from the league didn’t do the trick. A sternly worded letter has been sent; an NHL bigwig also delivered…
In the highest leverage game of their playoffs so far—don’t you hate the term “must-win” in non-elimination…
On an auspicious day for names, the Western Hockey League held its draft for 14- and 15-year-old players. As in past…
Less than 24 hours before Game 4 of the Capitals and Penguins’ second-round series—which Washington leads 2-1—the…