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

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

Alexander Ovechkin is now second in NHL history with 879 goals, trailing only the Great One himself Wayne Gretzky of Canada, who had 894 goals in his NHL career ...

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

Logan Cooley was born in Pittsburgh just 17 months before Sidney Crosby debuted in the NHL and his hometown Penguins won ...

Thomas Chabot scored at 1:46 of overtime and the Ottawa Senators beat the visiting Washington Capitals 5-4 on Thursday night ...

Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes will renew their rivalry in the AFC title game. Is it one of the 10 all-time greatest ...

January 24 - Alex Ovechkin scored his 875th career goal ... but the Kraken challenged the call and a video review determined the play was offside. Washington broke the scoreless tie at 4:36 ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Thursday night ...

The world No. 7 spent most his career with two otherworldly rivals. He is in that situation once again, with one beaten so ...

"I'm 20, 21 goals [away] and it's hard to score in this league," said Ovechkin. "You play against the best defensive players out there and maybe in one game, you maybe have two or three chances ...

Before re-signing, Ovechkin told Capitals owner Ted Leonsis that he didn't want to be "a third-line guy playing 8 to 10 minutes a game." He didn't want to be someone the team "trotted out on the ...