The first time Ross Mahoney saw Aliaksei Protas, the now 6-foot-6, 23-year-old forward was a tall and skinny 17-year-old playing for Belarus at the 2018 under-18 world championships in Russia.

WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals have always seen the potential in Aliaksei Protas. They saw it five and a half years ago when they traded up in the 2019 NHL Draft to take him in the third ...

Aliaksei Protas scored his second goal of the game at 2:23 of overtime and the visiting Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 for their 10th consecutive road win.

It was a one-goal game until winger Aliaksei Protas hit the empty net with nine seconds left, and the Capitals were never in total control. But they came away with a 3-1 win over the Bruins anyway ...

Aliaksei Protas scored two bookending goals around Jakob Chychrun's game-winner for the Capitals, who overcame an early one-goal deficit to avenge a 4-1 loss in Boston in Dec. 23 with their second ...