Barzal suffered an upper-body injury on Oct. 30 in Columbus, just 10 games into the season. He worked his way back to game action in mid-December, but after returning for 20 games where he put up 15 ...

The Caps are part of Monday night’s third course; they’ll host the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the first-round Stanley ...

Game 1 is at Lenovo Center on Sunday (3 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, SN360, TVAS, FDSNSO, MSGSN). Each team won two games at home during the regular season: Carolina 4-2 on Oct. 15 and 5-2 on Dec. 28; and New ...