Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

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Ovechkin scored with 53 seconds remaining in the first period, taking a centering pass from Martin Fehervary and flicking it ...

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also the only one not ...

He gets another chance against the Chiefs in two days. EJ Smith tells the story of Hurts, his father and high school coach ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

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

Nine games were played last night in the NHL. And there was plenty of action! Let’s see what caught our attention: Alex ...

FILE - Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, celebrates after scoring his third goal of an NHL hockey game during ...