No one wanted to see Alexander Ovechkin get hurt. But, such is the National Hockey League. The last time Utah Hockey Club ...

Alexander Ovechkin, nicknamed “The Great 8” and “Ovi,” is a celebrated Russian ice hockey player currently serving as the ...

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

No player from the Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals will participate in the 4 Nations Face-Off, an ...

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 ...

On Thursday, the Washington Capitals completed a third-period comeback win over the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

ARLINGTON, V.A. — Coach Spencer Carbery made a bold statement on Saturday at MedStar Capitals Iceplex: even as he currently barrels toward breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record, the ...

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also one of just two ...