The Boston Bruins’ visit to Washington this Tuesday night will come a mere four days after the 16th anniversary of a deal that ended Adam Oates’ black and gold tenure, sending him to the Capitals.

In the dying days of the old Boston Garden and into the first year-plus of the venue originally known as the FleetCenter, the Bruins had a steady, endearing troika in captain Ray Bourque, power ...

Ex-Bruins star Adam Oates, now 50, is in his first year as an NHL head coach, running the Washington Capitals bench. The team started the season 1-5-1 — “There were some ugly moments ...

Oates, 39, Continues To Give All. Capitals' Forward Reaches 1,000 Assists. February 4, 2002. By Jason La Canfora. Playgrounds can be heartless.

This is the busy season for former Bruins center Adam Oates, darting across North America for the better part of 90 days, June through August, to work one-on-one with his 50-plus NHL player ...

Adam Oates, who played in six seasons with the Bruins, had a Hall of Fame career. WIGGS, JONATHAN GLOBE STAFF PHOT Forever dissecting the angles and looking to make a play, Adam Oates is staying ...

WASHINGTON -- Dainius Zubrus scored 13 seconds into overtime on Adam Oates' 1,000th career assist to lead Washington to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday night. Oates, who leads the ...

NHL Hall of Fame Adam Oates has come to the defense of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner. Following the Maple Leafs’ first-round playoff exit to the Boston Bruins, fans took aim at Marner ...

For all of these reasons, Oates checks in at No. 69 on The Athletic’s list of the greatest players in the NHL’s post-expansion era. “There were very few people that could play the game and ...

Oates played 19 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Anahaeim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers.