Wild goalie Fleury could face Penguins for final time; Blue Jackets visit Rangers competing for wild card in East

WASHINGTON – After opening their back-to-back set with a 4-2 loss to the Utah Hockey Club at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night, the Detroit Red Wings will look to quickly regroup and bounce back against the Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Friday night.

Washington Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren said he was motivated to beat the New York Rangers due to them trading his brother, Ryan.

The Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals skate into The Big Apple on Wednesday night to face a New York Rangers team looking for a third straight win.

Washington Capitals legend Alex Ovechkin is on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's goal record at some point in April.

After being acquired from Pittsburgh at the deadline, winger hopes to bring grit, speed and energy as newest addition to Eastern Conference-leading Washington’s lineup.

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In his first year as the Washington Capitals general manager, Chris Patrick fielded quite a few calls on NHL Trade Deadline day on Friday, but chose to stay relatively quiet rather than swinging for the fences.

Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary's goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in a shootout.