When the Washington Capitals signed Aliaksei Protas to a contract extension in January, they envisioned something like this.

Protas scored a goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Flames.

The 27-year-old was stellar in net, coming up with several key stops, including two on breakaways, to keep the Flames at bay.

Aliaksei Protas scored his second goal of the night 2:23 into overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Aliaksei Protas scored his ...

The Washington Capitals, including Aliaksei Protas, will be on the ice Tuesday against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank ...

Logan Thompson made 32 saves, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas scored goals, and the Washington Capitals ...

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington ...

Aliaksei Protas — whose development arc took him from Belarus to Saskatchewan to Pennsylvania and then to Washington — has taken off for the Capitals. The Capitals were playing their third ...

Logan Thompson made 32 saves in his hometown one day after signing a contract extension with Washington, helping the Capitals ...

When the Washington Capitals play the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday (starting at 7:00 PM ET), Aliaksei Protas and Drake Batherson will be among the best players to watch. Buy ...

The Washington Capitals scored twice in a first-period span of 5:06 and held on for a 3-1 win over the visiting Boston Bruins in a New Year's Eve matinee on Tuesday. Aliaksei Protas scored two ...