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WASHINGTON — Just when it seemed like the visiting Flyers were showing signs of life in their eventual 9-2 loss to the Washington Capitals, the hosts drove the dagger in deeper Tuesday night.

PITTSBURGH — If you believed a matchup with the rival Washington Capitals might prompt the Penguins to put their best game on the ice, well, what were you thinking?

The Washington Capitals had been one team the Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t beat this season.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals traded timely goals and big hits for 60 minutes, then needed overtime and a shootout Friday to decide their game at PNC Arena.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin made NHL history with career goal No. 767, helping to likely extinguish any (extremely) slim playoff hopes the Islanders may have harbored.

Alex Ovechkin has scored his 767th NHL goal to pass Jaromir Jagr for third on the NHL career list

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Ovechkin's comments on Russia's invasion of Ukraine felt purposefully non-committal.

The result of the game Saturday afternoon begged for comment from Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins had just defeated the New York Rangers, 1-0, in a tense fight for playoff positioning in the Metropolitan Division. Malkin scored the only goal on the power play midway through the third period. In ordinary…

PITTSBURGH — The Penguins pumped in three more power-play goals Tuesday night, making it nine in their last five games. And Bryan Rust stayed red-hot by burying another two goals. But they still lost, 4-3, to the Washington Capitals at PPG Paints Arena.

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