Defenseman Marcus Pettersson committed a turnover behind the Penguins net, and one quick pass by Pierre-Luc Dubois to Alexei Protas (19) in the slot became a 2-0 Capitals lead at 12:08.

Mikeal Backlund is in the top-25% of the league in speed bursts over 32km/hr with 76. He’s in the top-5% in 29-32km/hr speed bursts with a whopping 459. But high-end speed? He has only one instance of ...

Move Over Yegor One of Washington’s secret weapons this season has been the emergence of the six-foot-six, 225-pound Alexei Protas. Hailing from Vitebsk, Belorussia, Protas’ 21 goals and 21 ...

Defenseman Marcus Pettersson committed a turnover behind the Penguins net, and one quick pass by Pierre-Luc Dubois to Alexei Protas (19) in the slot became a 2-0 Capitals lead at 12:08. The game was ...

(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) Washington Capitals’ Alexei Protas (21), Tom Wilson (43) and John Carlson (74) celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during first period NHL action in ...

Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita” brings Marius Petipa’s 19th-century style to New York City Ballet through two lenses: his own and George Balanchine’s. By Elizabeth Kendall New York City ...

Lawyers Igor Sergunin, from left, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev, all who once represented late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, stand in a courtroom in Petushki, Vladimir region, about 120 ...

PETUSHKI, Russia — Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were convicted by a court Friday as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has ...

Amnesty International on Friday condemned a Russian court’s sentencing of three lawyers for aiding the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), calling the decision ...

Russia has sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world. The sentences ...