The highlights: Let’s start with Backstrom getting a match penalty for cross-checking Boston forward Rich Peverley on Monday in Game 3 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. And yet Thomas’ ...

UPDATE: Chimera played his 1,000th game on Friday night in Detroit and scored vs. the Red Wings. He'll be honored before Saturday's game against Carolina, his 1001st NHL game. Jason Chimera's mantra ...

For weeks nothing on the ice was working. So Capitals forward Jason Chimera tried to come up with some other ways to change his luck. Should he drive backward down the highway? That just seemed ...

NEW YORK (AP) The Washington Capitals showed the urgency of a team that hasn't secured a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The New York Rangers haven't looked the same since they clinched their place ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Washington Capitals know how to bounce back from a defeat. Jason Chimera had two goals and an assist to lead the Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the slumping Philadelphia Flyers ...