Alex Ovechkin has drawn a lot of attention in his quest for Wayne Gretzky's goal-scoring record. Ovechkin is 31 behind The Great One and he is still scoring at an impressive clip at age 39.

At first, it’s his trademark style: skate tongues flapping out like a childish taunt; bright yellow laces gleaming amid a ...

Trying to retool on the fly by putting younger talent around Ovechkin and their older core, the Capitals signed Strome to a ...

Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin will show once again why they are two of the greatest players in the NHL on Friday.

Tonight in Washington, it’s the first meeting of what’s arguably been the rivalry in the NHL for two decades: Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin. They’ve been the faces of the league. They have forever ...

Crosby and Ovechkin will mark their 20th season of playing against each other when the Penguins (5-8-2) visit the Capitals (9 ...

The Washington Capitals star Ovechkin is currently 33 goals away from Gretzky’s 894 tallies, record in NHL history. The ...

Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Geoff Burke/Geoff Burke-Imagn Images WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scoring to ... but ...

The Hurricanes clinched their sixth straight victory on Andrei Svechnikov's empty-net goal with 8 seconds remaining. The ...

it's pretty cool that, uh, I'm able to play against him. So I just, uh, I, I hope he'll, he'll be *** great career too, so I ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine games into the Washington Capitals’ season, Alex Ovechkin is scoring at a rate that would put him past Wayne Gretzky as soon as this spring. Ovechkin scored his 858th ...