The Rangers are choosing to look at their final game before the trade deadline for what it was rather than what it meant for their playoff aspirations. Though they left a point on the table in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Eastern Conference-leading Capitals on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden,

Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson put on a show Monday night, engaging in a heated first-period fight that had the crowd roaring. The two heavyweights squared off late in the opening frame with less than a minute of playing time left in the first period of the Senators' on-the-road clash against the Capitals.

With the deadline just days away, that’s what we’re going to look at using the Stanley Cup Checklist. The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn created the Cup Checklist in 2020 to find common elements essential to a team’s success between a decade of champions.

Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary's goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in a shootout.

The Capitals ended their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Senators 5-4 on Monday night in a shootout.

WASHINGTON — Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary’s goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Monday night in a shootout.