With the NHL Draft closing in, prospect expert Sam Cosentino shares how he thinks the first round will play out on Friday ...

The Capitals enter the 2025 NHL Draft with 5 picks, but exit the day with 4 prospects and a roster player in our mock draft ...

The NHL has handed out all the official hardware for the 2024-25 season. While congratulations are in order for the players ...

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Amherst native and former Boston College hockey star Ryan Leonard helped the Washington Capitals defeat the lowly Boston Bruins, 4-3, during his NHL debut April 1 at the TD Garden. Leonard signed his ...

Some of the players Nelson coached in Hershey are now helping the Capitals thrive at the NHL level, including Aliaksei Protas, Connor McMichael, and Hendrix Lapierre.

The Bruins believed they were due for a step forward in 2024-25. Nikita Zadorov, signed for six years and $30 million, was supposed to reinforce a defense that rolled Charlie McAvoy and Hampus ...

On top of that, they elevated 2019 third-round pick Aliaksei Protas to a bigger role. Protas took full advantage, putting up a career-best 30 goals and 66 points. Connor McMichael, selected five picks ...

But at 10:37, the Caps got the go-ahead goal. Aliaksei Protas fired a shot from the blue line that just missed the net.

I was like, ‘I kind of have to.’ But yeah, it was pretty cool,” Leonard said Tuesday before making his NHL debut in the 4-3 win over the Bruins at TD Garden.

Boston is 30-35-9 overall and 19-12-6 in home games. The Bruins have committed 298 total penalties (4.0 per game) to rank third in NHL play. Washington has gone 23-9-3 on the road and 47-17-9 overall.