When asked if they'd rather take a hit from Alex Ovechkin or Tom Wilson, the Washington Capitals make their choice quickly.

When Washington Capitals legend Alex Ovechkin speaks, people listen—especially when the topic is young Philadelphia Flyers ...

Cooley admired Crosby, but he grew up a Washington Capitals fan for a very specific reason: Alex Ovechkin ... the 39-year-old Ovechkin is now playing against many of those youngsters who ...

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

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Over the last 25 years, the NHL has only continued to get more skilled and more entertaining. Today, we're going to celebrate ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

There were 0.1 seconds left in regulation on Tuesday night when Alex ... Ovechkin scored his 25th goal of this NHL season, moving him one step closer to a record long thought untouchable. The 39 ...

Alex Ovechkin ... the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking the regular-season record by “The Great One” that long seemed unapproachable. The 39-year-old Russian is in ...