WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th NHL goal in the Washington Capitals 6-3 win against the Florida Panthers at ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move ...

Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring on a late power play in the Washington ...

WASHINGTON — Nick Schmaltz scored the shootout winner , leading the Utah Hockey Club to a 5-4 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

Matvei Michkov put on a show, scoring two goals for the Flyers. Washington's Alex Ovechkin scored Thursday night and is now ...

Head coach Spencer Carbery defended his tactic of throwing out the team's best goal scorer when, typically, teams are looking ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking ...

Cooley admired Crosby, but he grew up a Washington Capitals fan for a very specific reason: Alex Ovechkin ... thanks to his powerful slap shot and physical style of play, his familiar yellow ...

But Ovechkin isn’t alone on the ice for the Capitals. Even with the captain ... Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference gives Washington a clear shot at a top seed when the Stanley Cup playoffs ...

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin shoots the puck during the ... thanks to his powerful slap shot and physical style of play, his familiar yellow skate laces and tinted visor, and ...

ARLINGTON, V.A. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Washington Capitals ... Alex Ovechkin got a hold of a loose puck while defending 5-on-6, and after pump-faking a shot, iced ...