“Yeah, I was,” Ovechkin said, “kind of.” The sellout crowd of 18,753 immediately began to cheer, though, when Pickard skated ...

Ovechkin fist bumped Sergei after each of his three goals during the game, but the third one came with a longer skate. He scored his last goal on the far side of the ice and had to skate to the ...

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist, and Leon Draisaitl extended his point streak to nine games with a goal for the ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 13 goals away from breaking Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL record.

Alex Ovechkin had so many chance to score in the Washington Capitals’ rout of the Edmonton Oilers that he joked, “I’ll take ...

Heading into the Capitals’ final 27 games, Ovechkin has 879 goals during his 20 NHL seasons, including 26 goals in 39 games ...

Ovechkin will resume play when the Washington Capitals visit the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby (a game-time decision ...

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record of 894 goals. The 39-year-old recorded a hat trick on ...

Alex Ovechkin continues his chase for Gretzky's goal-scoring record of 894 goals with a hat trick on Sunday afternoon after the Oilers were defeated 7-3 by the Capitals at Capital One Arena ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is a future Hall of Famer, and will go down as one of the greatest scorers we've ever seen. In fact, the Caps sniper is o ...

Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin secured his 32nd career hat trick on Sunday, pushing him closer to Wayne Gretzky's goals ...