Caps Turn Aside Isles to End Skid
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Alexander Semin scores the lone goal in the shootout, and the Capitals beat the New York Islanders, 2-1, to end a three-game losing streak.
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The Capitals further demonstrate why they need defensive help as the Florida Panthers score with ease in a 6-3 victory Thursday night.
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A salary cap remains a sticking point as the league and the players reject each other&#39;s offers. TORONTO - The NHL edged a few steps closer to cancellation of what remains of the 2004-05 season Tuesday, rejecting
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The Capitals tie the game in the waning moments of regulation to force overtime against the NHL's best team, threaten in overtime, then fall to the Red Wings, 4-3, in a shootout.
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The National Hockey League appears poised to reject a proposal made last Thursday by the players union, which included a 24 percent reduction in pay and other concessions but not a hard salary cap.
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A lot was on the line last night. The Bruins were coming off an 8-2 dud against Montreal. They were fighting the Islanders for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. They wanted to hit the All-Star break on an upswing, knowing that when they return from the weekend, they'll have three games in five nights - including two against conference ...
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As they strive to get back into the playoff picture, the Washington Capitals can take heart in knowing they can win without getting an ample contribution from Alex Ovechkin. The NHL's leading goal scorer managed only two shots Sunday, none of which went into the net. He didn't have an assist, either. Yet the Capitals won anyway.
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Any hope of salvaging part of the NHL season likely was shattered last night when talks between the league and the players' association broke off in New York after four hours following the NHL's presentation of a proposal that contained a salary cap.
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PHILADELPHIA - They nearly lost a game they should have won, and then they won in overtime with a goal that could have been disallowed, which came only seconds after they nearly lost on a point-blank slapper that Alex Auld turned away at the opposite end of the ice.
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Rick DiPietro stopped an Islanders-record 56 shots, but counterpart Henrik Lundqvist made the biggest save, denying Randy Robitaille in the shootout to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory last night.
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Capitals star Alex Ovechkin recently informed the team that he doesn't feel ready to take over as captain, and will notbe wearing the "C" on his jersey this season.
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Blake Comeau scored his first career goal to give the Islanders the lead midway through the third period and help his team shake off a recent slump.
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Nearly five months into the NHL lockout, the players' association still won't accept the league's demand for a salary cap. The league says it's too late to talk about alternatives. And now time is about to run out on the hockey season.
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NEW YORK Nov 3, 2004 - In another sign the NHL season is slipping away, the league canceled its All-Star game Wednesday because of the lockout.
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The last time the Capitals played the Hurricanes, Washington was 11 points behind and at the bottom of the standings. On Friday night, it will be Carolina in pursuit.
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With its do-or-die deadline come and gone and no deal in sight, the NHL circled Wednesday as the day it would call off what little was left of a decimated season, The Associated Press learned Monday.
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BUFFALO -- The Bruins lost the opener of their six-game road trip, 4-1, to the Islanders Thursday. But goalie Tim Thomas believes the team has not lost momentum going into tonight's game against the Sabres.