The Capitals’ captain — who is now 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record of 894 — collided with Jack ...

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

There is only one name left for Alex Ovechkin to catch atop the NHL all-time goal leaderboard, and it's the greatest one of them all. One of the most exciting races in the NHL for this season is ...

He also has 12 hits and 14 shots in that span. Ovechkin's longevity is impressive. He's delivering yet another point-per-game pace (40 in 38 games), and he's on his best goal pace in several seasons.

PHILADELPHIA — When Russian players with a heavy dose of offensive skill enter the NHL, there’s an inclination to compare them to Alex Ovechkin ... to kind of see how big of an accomplishment ...

In hockey, everything counts until the clock hits triple-zeros. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin notched a literal buzzer-beater of a goal in his team's 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers.

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into ... victory in a battle between two of the Eastern Conference's top teams. Andrew Mangiapane, Tom Wilson, Lars Eller and Nic Dowd ...

And of course, Alex Ovechkin’s hunt for the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring record is as big a story as there is in the NHL this ...

Cooley admired Crosby, but he grew up a Washington Capitals fan for a very specific reason: Alex ... Ovechkin and Crosby — picked No. 1 in the NHL draft a year apart — became hockey's biggest ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to ... to find ways to put pucks in the back of the net, and in big moments, big games, big goals, in tight games." ...