Mikhail was a football player. Ovechkin’s NHL career has been nothing short of extraordinary, highlighted by numerous ...

The 35-year-old blueliner is the franchise's all-time leader in goals, assists and points among defensemen, and recently hit ...

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

The GR8 continues to fit his nicknamesake. On Sunday, in a game against the Utah Hockey Club, Washington Capitals forward ...

Vejmelka made a sprawling stop on Jakob Chychrun in overtime, and the Caps went meekly in the shootout, failing to score on ...

FILE - Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, winds up for a shot during the second period of the team's NHL ...

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has a ton of records on the NHL history books, but there's one more still ...

ARLINGTON, V.A. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Washington Capitals ' win over the Florida Panthers on ...

Despite the comeback, shootouts continue to plague D.C., leading to the loss. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Aliaksei Protas and Dylan ...

Alex Ovechkin is creeping ever closer to NHL history. It’s been known for some time that Ovechkin has a legitimate shot at breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record should he stay healthy ...