Protas sustained a foot injury in early April and was considered week-to-week at the time. While he seems to be trending in the right direction, he'll be sidelined for Thursday's regular-season finale ...

The Sabres rebounded from a disappointing 7-4 loss and improved to 31-36-6 overall. They have won seven of their last 11 games, and though they are only 3-10-1 in their last 14 games away from KeyBank ...

Alex Ovechkin scored the 890th goal of his NHL career, Aliaksei Protas scored a shorthanded ... to an ugly 8-5 setback at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres, who won for the fourth time in five ...

Ovechkin pulled the Capitals within 6-4 at 9:11 of the third period when he got position at the top of the crease and deflected Rasmus Sandin ’s shot from the left point down between goalie James ...

The Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals will be without Aliaksei Protas on a week-to-week basis after the forward suffered a lower-body injury, Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery ...

Buffalo Sabres (30-36-6, in the Atlantic Division ... TOP PERFORMERS: Dylan Strome has 23 goals and 45 assists for the Capitals. Aliaksei Protas has six goals and seven assists over the last ...

Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson each scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 8-5 on Sunday. Ryan McLeod, Sam Lafferty, Jack Quinn and Peyton Krebs also scored for the Sabres, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson each scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres beat the ... Jakob Chychrun had two goals and Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson each scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres beat the ... Jakob Chychrun had two goals and Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for the ...