Carolina has played a smothering defensive style and limited the NHL's No. 2 regular-season offense to six goals, one of them ...

Alexander Nikishin is making his NHL debut for the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series ...

The Carolina Hurricanes will try to clinch a series win over the Washington Capitals in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference ...

The Carolina Hurricanes face the Washington Capitals in Game 5 of the second-round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on ...

The top-seeded Washington Capitals are facing a must-win scenario as they battle the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5 of the NHL ...

The Washington Capitals have its back against the wall after the Carolina Panthers’ recent win. Down 3-1, Washington will ...

The Wahington Capitals are back on the ice Thursday night in hopes of defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 5.

Defenseman Jalen Chatfield was not at Canes practice Wednesday and Nikishin was paired with fellow Russian Dmitry Orlov.

The Washington Capitals will need a win on home ice on Thursday night, May 15, to keep their Stanley Cup hopes alive.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hockey fans cheer on the No. 6 pick in the NHL Draft pick of center Tij Iginla ...

The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals play Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinals in the Stanley Cup ...

The Florida Panthers made it a 3-2 series with a thrashing of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Edmonton Oilers closed out the ...