The next scheduled practice is Wednesday morning. Ovechkin’s two goals delighted the heavy dose of Capitals fans on hand for Washington’s first game in Utah, after the Arizona Coyotes moved to ...

TORONTO (AP) Alex Ovechkin ... an upper-body injury. Toronto has allowed at least five goals in each of those four games, and 21 total during that span. Thompson had a hot glove hand throughout ...

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

At 39, Ovechkin is now at 874 NHL goals in 1,455 games. He needs 20 more to match Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record of 894, and 21 to set a new standard. Not even the most serious injury of ...

Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start before missing time with an injury in December and slowing down a bit since his return.

but his two slap shots early in Washington’s power play looked more like they came from the Ovechkin who racked up 15 goals in 18 games before the injury in mid-November. The Capitals maintained ...