(AP) — Alex Ovechkin is four months away from turning ... scoring four goals and finishing with 19 hits to set up a showdown with the Carolina Hurricanes. The best-of-seven series starts Tuesday ...

Alex Ovechkin completed his chase of Wayne Gretzky ... Right after the puck hit nylon, Ovechkin went into a swan dive toward center ice, the Capitals and Islanders alike spilled off the benches ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – Watching Alex Ovechkin deliver hit after crushing hit in the Eastern Conference First Round against the Montreal Canadiens like he was in his mid-20s again provided another ...

Alex Ovechkin chips in a power-play goal to make it 2-0 after Nic Dowd scores short-handed. Ovechkin has one shot through one period. Ryan Leonard has three hits in his NHL debut. Alex Ovechkin ...

It was a fairly quiet night for Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, who returned after he missed 16 games with a broken left fibula — until he hit the empty net with 3:23 remaining. He skated 14:58 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin fired just about the perfect shot from the place on the ice that has defined his remarkable career. When the puck hit the net, it made him the top goal scorer in ...

Ovechkin has rocked countless opponents in that span, but today those hits only echo of past thunder ... he was like no Russian who had come before him. “Alex is very influential.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin did more than score goals in ... and setting the tone physically with a game-high seven hits. One of those hits became a talking point during intermission ...

Alex Ovechkin scored a ridiculous 52 goals in his ... Luc Robataille definitely wasted no time hitting the league by storm. He hit the net 45 times in his rookie season. He kept getting better ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin came into Friday night's game ... Ovechkin kept scoring. By the time he hit 600 career goals, then 700, commentators and fans wondered if Gretzky's record could ...