Notches another milestone ...

In a couple of weeks, there will be several head coach openings, and teams will start requesting interviews with candidates who are not employed by playoff teams. With all the focus on ...

Ovechkin tallied a goal, an assist and added seven shots during Saturday's 7-4 win over the Rangers. Ovechkin is now 23 goals away from Wayne Gretzky for the all-time NHL goal-scoring record after ...

OTTAWA -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 874th NHL goal at 3:07 of overtime, giving the Washington Capitals a 1-0 win against the ...

Alex Ovechkin is set to return to game action just 40 days after fracturing his left leg. Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery announced that Ovechkin will play in the Caps' road game ...

Ovechkin has five goals in 10 games — two on the empty net — since making his return from a broken fibula just 40 days after the initial injury, but he and the top-6 have struggled to generate ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 873 goals and needs 22 to set a new record.

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 ...

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored an empty net goal in the third period against the Nashville Predators to bring him within 21 goals of Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record.

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 ...

Just when fans were beginning to think Alex Ovechkin's stick was going cold, the Washington Capitals captain reminded them he's still on the road to history. "The Great Eight," as he's ...

The Washington Capitals have managed to thrive without captain Alex Ovechkin in the lineup, but they have been eager to have their star winger back. The team is currently battling it out for the ...