The NHL’s Olympic shutdown can’t come soon enough for the Capitals and Alex Ovechkin, who posted a career-low, game-worst minus-5 in Washington’s 5-2 loss to the Blue Jackets Thursday. With ...

With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model ...

Alex Ovechkin scored the 877th goal of his career to move 18 away from breaking the NHL record, but the Washington Capitals ...

TORONTO (AP) — Alex Ovechkin’s record chase is back on. His empty-net goal for the Washington Capitals in Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs wasn’t the most challenging goal ...

Alex Ovechkin is working on going down as not only one of the best players in Washington Capitals or NHL history, but one of the best to ever come from Russia.

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored with 1:53 left in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Ovechkin's goal was the 874th of ...

While a lot of talk is being had regarding McDavid’s suspension, Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin managed to get in a good joke towards the Oilers’ superstar. Ahead of the meeting between the ...

and Ovechkin (30, 114). “They’re not beating themselves,” Crosby said of the Capitals. “They’re finding different ways to win — low-scoring, high-scoring games, sometimes special teams.

TORONTO (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal in his return to action as the Washington Capitals upended the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night. Andrew Mangiapane, Jakob Chychrun ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of ...

Alex Ovechkin is working on going down as not only one of the best players in Washington Capitals or NHL history, but one of the best to ever come from Russia. The Capitals captain is nearing the ...