Every hockey-playing kid’s dream is to one day crack the lineup in the NHL, and Krišs Grundmanis is no exception. But it has been a long and winding road for this defenseman from Latvia. The 20-year-old Grundmanis has played in the OHL, USHL, CHL,...

Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin has been listed week-to-week, a downgrade from day-to-day, after sustaining an upper-body strain when he collided with Columbus Blue Jackets’ Raffi Torres on Sunday.Ovechkin is expected to miss the fifth game of...

Chasta Piatakovas will host the Caps Chat on CSN Washington from the press box during Columbus Blue Jackets vs. the Washington Capitals at Verizon Center. The chat starts at 4:45 pm: join the chat.

The number 13 is considered bad luck, and perhaps for the Washington Capitals when Glen Hanlon became the team’s 13th head coach (2003-07).Several players are superstitious, but fearlessly Bates Battaglia (2003-04), Jiri Novotny (2006-07) and Joey...

With nearly every state reporting swine flu cases, it’s clear that the H1N1 virus doesn’t discriminate.The H1N1 flu has even spread into the NHL, including the Capital’s locker room. Forward Quintin Laing is the fourth reported player to be...