The Capitals’ captain — who is now 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record of 894 — collided with Jack ...
Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.
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.
PHILADELPHIA — Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal ... and has been relying on several AHL players and reserves due to injuries and travel issues of two new players — Andrei Kuzmenko ...
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 ...
In the last couple of weeks before the 4 Nations Face-Off, injuries are starting to pile up for star players across the league. Among them are Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov and Dallas ...