After a scoreless 60 minutes, of course it was Alex Ovechkin to lift the Capitals in the three-on-three extra period.

Alex Ovechkin scored with 1:53 left in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators.

The Ottawa Senators return home with a tall order as they take on the best team in the East and League — the Washington Capitals. Washington leads the league with a 0.716 save percentage at 63 points in 44 games.

Duhaime’s line with center Nic Dowd and Andrew Mangiapane on the right wing is listed on the Washington Capitals’ lineup card in the fourth spot, but they don’t consider it the fourth line.

Captain Alex Ovechkin scored into an empty net with ... A quick review proved the challenge correct — center Nic Dowd crossed the blue line before the puck — and the goal was overturned.

Alexander Ovechkin scored goal No. 875 of his career on an empty net, moving 20 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894. Joey Daccord made 29 saves on 31 shots, including saves ...

Alexander Ovechkin's chase for Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record is now down to the final 20 tallies. The Washington Capitals captain potted an empty-net goal to shore up ...

It’ll be fun sidebar to count up how many shifts defenceman Elias Pettersson gets tonight against Alexander Ovechkin in his welcome-to-the-NHL game.

Here are the combinations: Alex Ovechkin-Dylan Strome-Connor McMichael Aliaksei Protas-Pierre-Luc Dubois-Tom Wilson Taylor Raddysh-Lars Eller-Ethen Frank Brandon Duhaime-Nic Dowd-Andrew Mangiapane ...

SEATTLE – Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Friday night for their ...

SEATTLE --Alex Ovechkin scored his 875th career goal and 22nd of the season, and the Washington Capitals pushed their win streak to six games with a 3-0 shutout victory at Climate Pledge Arena on ...

Alex Ovechkin has seven goals in 15 games since returning from his broken leg after the Washington Capitals’ holiday break. That’s a 40-goal pace, which is tremendous. But with just 32 games ...