One of those hits became a talking point during intermission, when Canadiens forward Cole Caufield was asked about being ...

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

With the season wrapping up, Ally Chesham takes a look at some of the surprises from the past seven months — the teams and ...

By the time Maurice started coaching in the NHL in the mid-'90s ... out bone-crushing hits. And unlike so many of his Soviet predecessors, Ovechkin was not fancy and finesse. “You think of the great ...

Not to worry, kid. The duo of Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dylan Strome supplied five helpers each on Ovechkin’s first 17 goals of ...

Alexander Ovechkin entered Friday ... was credited with an own goal as Connor Murphy hit it into his own net. This mistake by Murphy kept Ovechkin from scoring his second of the game as he was ...

Washington Capitals star, Alexander Ovechkin ... to be able to skate in six seasons." Ovechkin entered the league in 2005 and became an instant hit. His first season ended with a total of 56 ...

Alexander Ovechkin must come down, but the space beneath him expands with each leap. He bounces higher and higher — hanging in mid-air for several ... but today those hits only echo of past ...

Alexander Ovechkin didn’t know that. “He took a one-timer that just missed me and went into the net. I was thankful it didn’t hit me,” Washington Capitals legend Olaf Kolzig joked to NBC ...

Alexander Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record of 894. Fans can celebrate Ovechkin's achievement with Capitals gear and apparel. Alexander Ovechkin will not stop scoring. On Friday ...