The Florida Panthers visit the Washington Capitals after Carter Verhaeghe recorded a hat trick in the Panthers' 6-3 win against the New York Islanders.

The Fan Blog writes... Eklund on Flyers: The first MUST-WIN of the Stretch Run Comes Tonight.

Logan Thompson made 32 saves in his hometown one day after signing a contract extension with Washington, helping the Capitals ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames play the Washington Capitals in a non-conference matchup. Calgary is 24-17-7 overall and 15-6-3 at home. The Flames have gone 7-11-3 in games their opponents serve ...

DETROIT (AP) — Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay ...

DETROIT (AP) — Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay ...

Takeaways Capitals: Trevor van Riemsdyk and Jakob Chychrun assisted on Ovechkin’s empty-net goal with 3:28 left. ... Pierre-Luc Dubois extended his point streak to three games with an assist.

Pierre-Luc Dubois attempted to take a shot on the ... Thirty seconds later, Alexander Ovechkin earned an empty net goal to put the Capitals up by three. The Kraken took 22 shots on goal this ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson EDMONTON — Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of the all-time goal scoring ... One of those "good players" is Pierre-Luc Dubois, who had a goal and an assist to put him at 38 ...