At the time, it was a gamble; they told me about their goalie situation with [Ilya] Samsonov and Vitek [Vanecek ... winning games for the Capitals. Thompson stopped 32 of 33 shots to earn his ...

If the best NHL teams in the standings and power rankings think they're in a good spot, they need to look over their shoulder.

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov is likely to start on Saturday ... Woll started Wednesday's 7-3 win over the Washington Capitals. It's been a nice run for Samsonov after he was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night ...

The Washington Capitals remain No. 1 in this week’s ... and six of their last seven with Adin Hill ceding starts to Ilya Samsonov as they go with a 50-50 rotation. The No. 6 ranked Dallas ...

Thompson improved to 20-2-3 on the season, and he is the first Caps goaltender to post back-to-back shutouts since Ilya Samsonov (Nov ... s game in Ottawa, the Capitals didn’t look like a ...

903 save percentage while his 2.60 goals-against average is 16th best. But the better story might be backup Ilya Samsonov, who heads into the second half of the season on a six-game win streak.

BOSTON — Charlie McAvoy got his 299th career point with a goal in the second period and Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 shots for his third shutout of the season as the Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota Wild ...

The Capitals are 7-0-3 in their past 10 games ... who have lost a season-high three straight and five of six. Ilya Samsonov had 18 saves. Olofsson scored his 100th career goal 9:29 in to give ...

An attorney for the man accused of killing Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau claims the victims drank more than the defendant.

Prior to joining the Capitals, Thompson was a steady goaltender ... Vegas decided to move on from Thompson in exchange for Ilya Samsonov and it's worked out. The Golden Knights are still one ...