Even at 39 years old, Ovechkin still likes to get physical. The 6-foot-3, 238-pound winger knows that a hit can lead to a ...

Through 39 games this year, Ovechkin has racked up 74 hits and has totalled 3,707 over his storied career, the third-most all-time. "He's big on his skates, he's a big guy as it is," Duhaime laughed.

Washington’s hockey star chases Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record the way his team seeks the NHL’s best record: ...

The Philadelphia Flyers lost Sean Couturier to an upper-body injury in Game 1 against the Washington Capitals after he took a big hit from Alex Ovechkin. Couturier, 23, will be re-evaluated Friday.

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

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

The forwards’ left legs hit into each other and Ovechkin was ultimately ruled out ... something happened and obviously that’s one of their top players. If it happened on this side, we probably ...

Ovechkin will likely continue to be an established force on the Capitals' top power-play unit, so there figures to be plenty of goal-scoring opportunities. He, obviously, has gotten off to a much ...

Ovechkin was held off of a top 50 players list before the season started, and he quickly showed why that was a mistake. Despite missing time with a leg injury, Ovechkin leads the Capitals with 26 ...

Alexander Ovechkin, nicknamed “The Great 8” and “Ovi,” is a celebrated Russian ice hockey player currently serving as the captain of the Washington Capitals in the NHL. Widely considered one of the ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 879 goals and needs 16 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 ...