Capitals coach Spencer Carbery discusses breaking up Nic Dowd's fourth line and shaking things up to generate some more chemistry up front.

John Carlson has now played the second most games in the history of the Washington Capitals franchise, behind only Alex Ovechkin.

The Washington Capitals picked up a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, but it came with some black-and-blues in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Capitals managed to fend off the League's apparent road warriors, the Los Angeles Kings, with a 2-1 victory on Monday after Ovechkin scored the game-winning goal and Lindgren made 30 saves to improve their record to 9-8-2 this season. The Kings entered the matchup with an 8-0-2 record in their last 10 road games.

Anze Kopitar scores the lone goal for the Kings, who struggle to solve Washington goalie Charlie Lindgren (30 saves) in a 2-1 defeat that halts their four-game winning streak. They close their

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WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 903rd career goal for the Washington Capitals in a 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings at Capital One Arena on Monday. Ovechkin made it 2-0 at 1:51 of the second period. He took a pass at the edge of the left circle from Connor McMichael, who was behind the net, and scored his third goal in four games.

The Capitals are working with Aliaksei Protas to help him get back to his scoring ways, and aren't putting too much urgency or weight on his shoulders.