The Ottawa Senators return home with a tall order as they take on the best team in the East and League — the Washington Capitals. Washington leads the league with a 0.716 save percentage at 63 points ...

Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals. Start time: 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French) In the Capitals region: Monumental S ...

Coaching Alex Ovechkin for three seasons has normalized his hot pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record for Peter Laviolette. “Not a crazy thing at all,” Laviolette said before ...

Strome scored late in the first period to end an eight-game goal drought and added two primary assists, including on Alex Ovechkin’s ... off a slick feed from Nic Dowd at 10:08; that proved ...

The previous summer's No. 1 and No. 2 overall picks — Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin — wouldn't have played in the World Juniors in a normal year. They'd have been in the NHL.

Alex Ovechkin has been a force with the Washington Capitals this season, no matter if a fractured leg took him out of the lineup for over a month. Ever since returning to the Capitals lineup ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals ...

Alexander Ovechkin is back, and the chase for history has resumed. Ovechkin returned to the Washington lineup on Friday, needing 27 goals to pass Wayne Gretzky for the all-time crown. He wasted ...

And Alex Ovechkin — in his first game on home ice ... with less than 10 seconds left after a gritty faceoff win from Nic Dowd. And they give out two points whether Ovechkin provides one of ...

Dowd scored a goal in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Red Wings. Dowd has scored in back-to-back contests after going eight games without a point. The 34-year-old center is up to 10 goals in just 36 ...