Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored an empty net goal in the third period against the Nashville Predators to bring him within 21 goals of Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record.

A judge in Manhattan denied bail on Wednesday for the Alexander brothers in their federal sex trafficking case, meaning they will remain jailed in Miami pending trial. Oren and Tal Alexander were ...

James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL. Alexander Ovechkin’s pursuit of The Great One is approaching its final stage.

For Alex Ovechkin to be just 21 goals away from tying Gretzky's record of 894 is clearly no small feat, and the chase has created a palpable buzz. As with any major moment of historical or record ...

The Senators have allowed 119 total goals (2.8 per game), the eighth-fewest in NHL action. With a goal differential of +5, the team is 14th in the league. The Senators are looking for their first ...

Ovechkin has five goals in 10 games — two on the empty net — since making his return from a broken fibula just 40 days after the initial injury, but he and the top-6 have struggled to generate ...

Real Madrid have reportedly conceded defeat in its pursuit of Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold during the January transfer window. The Spanish giants had targeted the English defender as a ...

Jose Theodore remembers hosting a young Alex Ovechkin and his Washington Capitals teammates for a Super Bowl Sunday party after the team's insane 5-4 comeback win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Washington Capitals are switching up the lineup Tuesday for Alexander Ovechkin. Ovechkin is expected to share ice time with Pierre-Luc Dubois, per NHL.com, rather than Dylan Strome. It would ...

In collaboration with America’s VetDogs, Nic Dowd and his family are sponsoring a future service dog’s training with proceeds raised via their Dowd’s Crowd community program. The black ...

The NHL’s Olympic shutdown can’t come soon enough for the Capitals and Alex Ovechkin, who posted a career-low, game-worst minus-5 in Washington’s 5-2 loss to the Blue Jackets Thursday.