Think about some of Alex Ovechkin’s contemporaries. Nicklas Backstrom turns 37 this month, and he took his last shift in an ...

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Alex Ovechkin has a way of doing that to goaltenders. Early in the third period of Saturday night’s game against the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center, the Washington Capitals earned a power ...

Ovechkin has now scored eight times in his last seven games, putting him on pace for his 10th career 50-goal season. It was ...

Ovechkin scored two goals Saturday in an 8-1 win over the Blues.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scoring to hand the Nashville Predators another defeat and keep his Washington Capitals rolling was not surprising to the folks on the other side who have seen him a ...

The moment Alex Ovechkin stepped onto the ice to start this season, the countdown began. Sure, a version of it began in December 2022, when the Washington Capitals’ captain scored his 800th ...

Former NHL coach provides major update on Alex Ovechkin's health, predicts goal tally Former NHL coach provides major update on Alex Ovechkin's health, predicts goal tally 3 major takeaways from ...

After breaking the 800-goal barrier during the 2022-23 season, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin now has his sights set on breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record of 894. Ovechkin ...

The Nashville Predators lost 3-2 to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night after Alex Ovechkin's go-ahead goal in the third period. After Juuso Parssinen’s first goal of the season put ...

There is only one name left for Alex Ovechkin to catch atop the NHL all-time goal leaderboard, and it's the greatest one of them all. One of the most exciting races in the NHL for this season is ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine games into the Washington Capitals' season, Alex Ovechkin is scoring at a rate that would put him past Wayne Gretzky as soon as this spring. Ovechkin scored his 858th ...