Every season, there are always a few players around the league who have a breakout season and “put the league on notice”.

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals host the Buffalo Sabres after Aliaksei Protas scored two goals in the Capitals' 2-1 overtime win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

WASHINGTON – Aliaksei Protas put a scare in the Buffalo Sabres only 37 seconds into the third period Sunday afternoon. Protas, one of the breakout forwards for the Washington Capitals, scored a ...

Aliaksei Protas scored the tying goal for the Capitals with 4:13 left in the third. Yet the Sabres kept their composure to improve to 11-2-2, and 7-2-1 at home when leading at the second intermission.

Aliaksei Protas scored both goals – the first two-goal game of his NHL career – in Thursday’s 2-1 overtime win over the Blue Jackets in Columbus, making Washington the 12th NHL franchise in ...

But at 15:47, a couple unlucky bounces netted the game-tying goal for Capitals forward Aliaksei Protas. First, Connor Clifton blocked a centering pass from below the left circle that bounced right ...

Tom Wilson struck twice and Aliaksei Protas, celebrating his 24th birthday, scored the game-tying goal, but things came down to a skills competition, where D.C. fell 4-3 in the shootout.

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The Washington Capitals host the Buffalo Sabres after Aliaksei Protas' two-goal game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Capitals' 2-1 overtime win ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Capitals host the Buffalo Sabres after Aliaksei Protas scored two goals in the Capitals' 2-1 overtime win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.