It might have seemed like excessive prudence to send the traveling party out that early. The full suite of people on hand for the Capitals' game in Carolina on Wednesday, in anticipation of Alexander ...

Ovechkin scored 2:26 into overtime to give the Capitals a 3-2 victory against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern ...

Alex Ovechkin has become the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer, surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s long-held record of 894 goals.

The piece featured a concrete cast of Ovechkin’s skates painted on canvas, along with an actual pair of his yellow-laced ...

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin put his name in the NHL history books on April 6 when he officially broke Wayne ...

Alex Ovechkin discussed the possibility that Thursday's game would be his last against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins.

Alex Ovechkin scored his first career NHL playoffs overtime goal, and the Washington Capitals local broadcast call captured ...

April 22 (Reuters) - Alex Ovechkin, who recently surpassed Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history, has no desire to step out of the spotlight as evidenced by the inspired performance he ...

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Ovechkin skates against the Philadelphia Flyers at Comcast Arena in Philadelphia in 2005. Willsie and Ovechkin had a tradition for away games: No matter where they were, they would get desert when ...

Alex Ovechkin silences retirement rumors after breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record, confirming he’s not done yet. With ...

As part of the ceremony, Capitals president of hockey operations Brian MacLellan presented Ovechkin with an engraved golden stick to commemorate his legendary accomplishment. They also handed out a ...