Alex Ovechkin is now five goals away from tying and six from breaking Wayne Gretzky's record after scoring in Winnipeg ...

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Tage Thompson scored the go-ahead goal 1:23 into the third period, and Lindy Ruff became the NHL’s second coach to win 600 ...

Ovechkin was surrounded by young talent in his early years in Washington. Center Nicklas Backstrom, defenseman Mike Green and ...

Hockey fans once again will be focused on Alex Ovechkin when the Washington Capitals face off against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

Although Ovechkin isn't part of the Capitals' historic group of defensemen that attained that impressive feat, he still turned heads with the goal he scored, as it put him closer than ever before to ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...

He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life,” said Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who met Alex Ovechkin as a teenager. “He was determined. He was one of the ...

Alex Ovechkin is on the precipice of breaking Wayne Gretzky's long-standing NHL goal record, a feat that has captivated hockey fans and players throughout the league. As the Washington Capitals star ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins suffered a significant 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, impacting their playoff hopes. Sidney ...