The Washington Capitals' game against the New York Rangers was an ugly, fight-filled affair for long stretches, but it did produce a touching moment late in the proceedings.  Capitals forward T.J. Oshie recorded the fourth regular-season hat trick of his career in his first game back in the Washington lineup following the death of his father Tim at age 56. […]

The New York Rangers and Washington Capitals combined for 72 penalty minutes in the first 4:14 of their game on Wednesday night, their first meeting after Capitals forward Tom Wilson injured Rangers star Artemi Panarin earlier this week. There were six separate fights to start the game, including a line brawl one second after the opening faceoff. Both teams put […]

In a shocking turn of events, the New York Rangers fired team president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton on Wednesday. The news was first reported by Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet and confirmed by the USA TODAY Network, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. Associate […]

We’re into the final week-plus (for most teams) of the 2021 NHL season, and while 16 of them will be competing for the Stanley Cup this spring and summer, 15 of them will begin to devise their plan to get back in the playoff mix in 2021-22. Usually, it’s a pretty straightforward exercise of determining which free agents to re-sign […]

Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The New York Rangers have called for the removal of George Parros, head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, after the league opted not to suspend Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson for a pair of incidents in a game Monday night. Wilson was fined $5,000 by the NHL for punching Rangers forward […]

The NHL Department of Player Safety fined Capitals forward Tom Wilson $5,000 after he set off a massive brawl Monday night during Washington's 6-3 victory against the New York Rangers. The fine is the maximum allowable amount under the collective bargaining agreement, though there was no mention of any potential suspension for Wilson's role in instigating the fight. The incident happened in […]

Tom Wilson skates by discipline once again. The Capitals’ forward sparked a skirmish during Monday night’s matchup vs. the Rangers after he sucker punched a prone Pavel Buchnevich in the second period, but the NHL deemed that Wilson’s conduct, somehow, wasn’t worthy of suspension. Instead, he was fined a maximum $5,000 for the punch. Wilson’s punch on Buchnevich, though, wasn’t […]

The Rangers held nothing back after another Tom Wilson incident. In the second period of Wednesday night’s Rangers-Capitals matchup, the controversial Capitals winger nailed a prone Pavel Buchnevich in the back of the head during a stoppage in play. The play sparked a massive brawl between Wilson and Rangers players, with Wilson grabbing a helmet-les Artemi Panarin by the hair and […]