Aliaksei Protas had two goals and an assist in the third period to key the Washington Capitals rallying to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2, extending their winning streak to three games.

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.

It looked so good for the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. They led 2- 1 after two periods and looked well on their way to snapping. four-game losing streak during the tail end of a back-to-back.

Mitchell Chaffee and Gage Goncalves scored, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced behind a remarkable tight-checking team effort and the Tampa Bay Lightning won their eighth consecuti

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.

Ovechkin moved to within nine goals of tying Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL record during the Capitals’ overtime win over the Rangers.

Taylor Raddysh got the Capitals on the board after falling behind 2-0, and, after Protas tied it in the first minute of the third, Jakob Chychrun scored the go-ahead goal 66 seconds later. Logan Thompson bounced back from a rough start to stop 18 of the 20 shots he faced as Washington padded its lead atop the Eastern Conference.

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.

Every goal scored by Alex Ovechkin for the rest of his career will raise funds toward pediatric cancer research.