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 ...

A highlight of the Spitfires’ season has been the play of forwards Liam Greentree (Los Angeles Kings), who has 33 goals and 79 points in 46 games and Ilya Protas (Washington Capitals), who has ...

The Senators have given up 135 total goals (2.7 per game), ranking sixth in NHL play for the fewest goals against. The team’s +1 goal differential ranks 14th in the league. The Senators have not shut ...

Protas scored a goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Flames. Just after the Capitals killed a penalty, Protas got loose and buried a goal on the breakaway to produce ...

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 ...

The Flames have given up 142 total goals (3.0 per game), ranking 12th in NHL play in goals against. The team has the 20th-ranked goal differential in the league at -13. The Flames are still looking ...

Defensively, the Flames are giving up 142 total goals (3.0 per game) to rank 12th in league action. With a goal differential of -13, the team is 20th in the league. The Flames have not secured a ...

(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 ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist as the league-leading Washington Capitals won their fifth game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Tom ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist as the league-leading Washington Capitals won their fifth game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Tuesday night ...