With a furious third-period rally, the Caps climbed their way back into what was essentially a must-win game for them against the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Down 3-0 early in the third, they chipped their way back into the contest and pulled even with the Pens with three goals in just under 12 minutes.

Big Day Coming - For more than a decade and a half now, games between the Caps and the Pittsburgh Penguins have carried the added luster of the two teams' top talents, Washington's Alex Ovechkin and Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby. The two organizations have been successful over most of the careers of their two captains, who both debuted in the NHL on the same night, Oct. 5, 2005.

March 25 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena

Time: 8:00 p.m.

TV: ABC/ESPN+

Radio: Capitals Radio 24/7, 106.7 The Fan

Washington Capitals (34-31-8)

Pittsburgh Penguins (35-27-10)

It took 73 games, but the Caps were finally able to get the band back together on Thursday night at Capital One Arena. With the return of defenseman John Carlson to the lineup following a three-month absence with a fractured skull, all six remaining members of Washington's 2017-18 Stanley Cup championship team finally took to the ice in the same game for the first time in the 2022-23 season.

Sometime To Return - Exactly three months after suffering a fractured skull and severed temporal artery, Caps' defenseman John Carlson is expected to return to the Washington lineup for tonight's tilt against the Chicago Blackhawks at Capital One Arena. Carlson's injury occurred on Dec. 23 in a game against Winnipeg, the same night Caps' captain Alex Ovechkin scored two goals to move past Gordie Howe (801) and into second place on the NHL's all-time goal scoring list.

March 23 vs. Chicago Blackhawks at Capital One Arena

Time: 7:00 p.m.

TV: NBCSW

Radio: Capitals Radio 24/7, 106.7 The Fan

Chicago Blackhawks (24-40-6)

Washington Capitals (33-31-8)

Jack Roslovic's notched his second goal of the night 2:17 remaining in overtime, giving the Columbus Blue Jackets a 7-6 victory over the Capitals in a wild contest at Capital One Arena on Tuesday night.

Driver 8 - Nearly 17 and a half years ago, Alex Ovechkin made his NHL debut here in the District in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. He scored the first two of his 819 career NHL goals that night, making Jackets goalie Pascal Leclaire the first of his 169 unique netminding victims.

March 21 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets at Capital One Arena

Time: 7:00 p.m.

TV: NBCSW

Radio: Capitals Radio 24/7, 106.7 The Fan

Columbus Blue Jackets (21-41-7)

Washington Capitals (33-31-7)

Matt Boldy's hat trick propelled the Minnesota Wild to a 5-3 victory over the Capitals at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday afternoon in St. Paul. Boldy's first two goals came in the first five minutes of the contest, staking the Wild to an early lead it never relinquished.