Before the puck drops at 7:00 PM ET in Thursday’s game between the Washington Capitals and the Minnesota Wild, here are the best bets you should be thinking about, whether you’re wanting to make a ...

Washington has a 12-4-2 record at home and a 25-10-2 record overall. The Capitals have scored 135 total goals (3.6 per game) to rank second in league play. Minnesota has a 23-11-4 record overall ...

The Bruins rank 18th in goals against, conceding 115 total goals (3.0 per game) in league action. With a goal differential of -14, the team is 21st in the league. The Bruins are still looking for ...

Jakob Chychrun scored, and Tom Wilson had two assists for the Capitals (25-10-2), who have won four of their past six games and moved one point ahead of the New Jersey Devils for first place in th ...

A total of 19 of Boston’s games have finished with over 6 goals this season. The Capitals score 3.67 goals per game, compared to the Bruins’ average of 2.66, adding up to 0.3 more goals than this ...

Alex Ovechkin scored for the second consecutive game after missing the previous 16 due to a fractured fibula. The Capitals star forward is 25 goals shy of passing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894.

TORONTO --Alex Ovechkin scored in his return for the Washington Capitals after missing the past 16 games with a fractured fibula in a 5-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on ...

Craig Berube confirmed on Saturday that Murray will start against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals for Hockey Night in Canada. The 30-year-old goaltender made his return to NHL action on ...

In Toronto’s 36 games this season, 21 have finished with more goals than Saturday’s total of 6. The Capitals score 3.68 goals per game, compared to the Maple Leafs’ average of 3.14, adding up to 0.8 ...

Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said Toronto’s game plan didn’t change when Ovechkin’s return was confirmed by Capitals counterpart Spencer Carbery earlier in the day. “When he’s playing ...