A week ago, Matthews was set to play against the Caps, while Alexander Ovechkin was iffy to face ... with the Minnesota Wild after cutting his teeth as a player as captain of the maverick WHL ...

TORONTO -- Bob McKenzie’s long-time nickname has been “The Bobfather,” a handle that TSN viewers embraced for his penchant of breaking signings and trades. “He comes by it honestly, that’s for sure, ...

Alex Ovechkin is knocking on the door of hockey history and the title of the greatest scorer the sport has ever seen. The ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 21 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record ...

Alex Ovechkin has broken the NHL record for the most goaltenders scored on. Ovechkin made Ottawa's Leevi Merilainen No. 179 ...

NHL star Alex Ovechkin picked up another record on Thursday night as he moved closer to replacing Wayne Gretzky as the league ...

With his overtime goal on Thursday, Alex Ovechkin has now scored against 179 different goalies in his NHL career — more than ...

The chase for Wayne Gretzky's goal record is set to resume on Saturday. Washington Capitals winger Alexander Ovechkin is on track to make an expedited return to the ice after suffering a fractured ...

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

Pittsburgh's game at Washington on Saturday night will be the 71st regular-season meeting of the team's superstar captains, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby and the Capitals' Alex Ovechkin.