Kucharcik was born in 2007 in Vipiteno, Italy, where his dad, Tomas, was nearing the end of a two-decade career of his own.

Caps keep their focus, end home-ice struggles with 4-2 win over Sabres Tom Wilson scored twice, and Dylan Strome had the third-period winner for Washington, which has won four in a row and eight ...

Yet another long losing streak The Sabres often seem to be short-circuited by an early-season swoon, and it happened again. They lost their opening two games in Europe and when they finally pushed ...

Yet another long losing streak The Sabres often seem to be short-circuited by an early-season swoon, and it happened again. They lost their opening two games in Europe and when they finally pushed ...

Yet another long losing streak The Sabres often seem to be short-circuited by an early-season swoon, and it happened again. They lost their opening two games in Europe and when they finally pushed ...

Yet another long losing streak The Sabres often seem to be short-circuited by an early-season swoon, and it happened again. They lost their opening two games in Europe and when they finally pushed ...