The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Sunday to take a 3-1 series lead. This series has ben chippy, with a fight bleeding onto the bench during Game 3 and some big hits in Game 4.

Alex Ovechkin is four months away from turning 40 and still was among the Washington Capitals’ most consistent hitters in ... “To see him do that and score big goals and have some big hits, ...

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

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.

Ovechkin will either strike the puck cleanly or hit the ice about six inches behind it. Most players need the puck to land flat, so they’re hitting it in the most predictable way possible ...

Ovechkin ‘still the same big kid’ on verge of setting NHL goals record with Capitals ... Along with being tied for first in goals, Ovechkin is third in NHL history with 3,735 hits.

Remarkably, Ovechkin is third with 3,743 regular-season hits since he entered the League in 2005-06, when the NHL began tracking hits, and is the all-time leader in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with 660.

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). The issue is Draisaitl, 29, didn't become a 50-goal ...

Ovechkin led the Capitals into the second round for the first time since captaining them to the Stanley Cup in 2018, scoring four goals and finishing with 19 hits to set up a showdown with the ...

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.

Ovechkin hasn't slowed. He scored four goals and dished out some big hits to help the Capitals advance to face the Carolina Hurricanes in a best-of-seven series with a spot in the Eastern ...

Ovechkin's first act of his 16th trip to the postseason was a hit on Montreal's Mike Matheson 20 seconds into that series opener, which he finished with his first overtime playoff goal. He laid ...