If the NHL’s Hart Trophy for most valuable player was handed ... track on becoming the award’s first repeat winner since Alex Ovechkin went back-to-back in 2008 and 2009.

They are typically forwards; 16 of the past 20 Hart winners are centers or wingers, with two goalies (Dominik Hasek, Jose Theodore) and one defenseman (Chris Pronger) taking it. Those forwards who ...

Ovechkin has also won the Hart Trophy three times. The Capitals are now 28-10-5 with 61 points, first in both the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference. Their next game is at home on ...

John Tavares has a three-point lead on Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom ... In one of the tightest races in NHL history, the Hart went to Chris Pronger who edged out Jagr by a single vote.

Limited marketing opportunities and a slow-growing salary cap mean hockey players earn less than other sports stars, but Alex Ovechkin and ... The reigning Hart Trophy winner as league MVP will ...