This series has ben chippy, with a fight bleeding onto the bench during Game 3 and some big hits in Game 4. Tom Wilson crushed Alexandre Carrier, which did not end in a penalty. But Alex Ovechkin ...

After breaking the legendary Wayne Gretzky’s longstanding record for most career goals, few would blame Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin if he decided ...

Alex Ovechkin is four months away from turning ... To see him do that and score big goals and have some big hits, how can you not get fired up and follow him?” ...

And can hit from anywhere, too. Ovechkin opened the game by crushing Montreal's Mike Matheson with a big hit on his first shift 20 seconds in. He kept that up the rest of the night, earning as ...

It hits and then comes to the net fast ... “But I think he’s still the same big kid.” Ovechkin’s youthful exuberance is evident each time he celebrates a goal. It usually includes a ...

Ovechkin will either strike the puck cleanly or hit the ice about six inches behind ... too, because of that big curve, you know? … I don’t know how much whip he’s got on there, but he ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime ... less experienced Canadiens with one big hit after another. That was part of a concerted effort to finish checks, and the ...

Watching Alex Ovechkin deliver hit after crushing hit in the Eastern ... “He has the ability to change the game with a hit, with a goal, with a big play, with a blocked shot,” Wilson said.

But that's a big if. Matthews missed a total of ... Draisaitl is about to hit 400 goals and like Ovechkin, he's hard to stop on a one-timer from the faceoff circle (the right one, in his case).

Ovechkin led the Capitals into the second round ... “To see him do that and score big goals and have some big hits, how can you not get fired up and follow him?” ...