Alex Ovechkin has scored his 888th career goal to move seven away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record.

The Washington Capitals are set for their home opener on Wednesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. It will be the last home opener for Alex Ovechkin. Earlier this week, Ovechkin announced that ...

There are plenty of milestones in hockey that are significant -- NHL debut, first goal, first hat trick -- and then there are those that feel almost impossible. Scoring his 1,000th career goal, Alex ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin said Monday that his 22nd season in the NHL will be his last, beginning the farewell tour for the longtime Washington Capitals captain who holds the league's career ...

When Alex Ovechkin, the greatest goal scorer in history, isn’t performing the on-ice job he’s best equipped to do, there’s a trickle-down effect. Patrick Smith / Getty Images ARLINGTON, Va. — That the ...

Before Minnesota’s game against the Capitals in Washington on Sunday afternoon, the NHL announced that Kirill Kaprizov’s 14 goals in the Wild’s first 15 games were good enough to earn him the league’s ...

The surging Minnesota Wild visit Washington as the Capitals seek a fourth straight win, setting up a matchup between two ...

Ignoring divisions and seeding all playoff teams by record would not only be more fair. It would be a nod to the NHL's glorious past ...

Alex Ovechkin has already announced that the 2026-27 season will be his last year in the National Hockey League. As the season plays out, the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer will undoubtedly ...