Just like with Wayne Gretzky, whose record of 894 goals he is closing in on breaking, Alex Ovechkin's brilliance comes not from one shot but rather the variety with which he has scored over his ...

As winter slowly gives way to warmer temperatures, attention in metropolitan Washington D.C. turns to the blossoming of the ...

Peak bloom is coming later this month, and so are cherry blossom-themed jerseys from the Washington Capitals. The franchise ...

While in the Hall of Fame’s famed Stick Storage Centre, which holds more than 4,000 sticks, the oldest dating to 1875, ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 884 goals and needs 10 to tie and 11 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Will Cuylle and Will Borgen scored in the first period, Igor Shesterkin stopped 21 shots for his fourth ...

Dylan Strome scored the winner in the third round of the shootout and Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists as the ...

Third Period_5, Ottawa, Giroux 12 (Stutzle, Sanderson), 1:05 (pp). 6, Ottawa, Pinto 14 (Amadio, Chabot), 8:01. 7, Washington, Fehervary 3 (Protas, Wilson), 12:43. 8, Ottawa, Tkachuk 23 (Sanderson, ...

Senators goalie Linus Ullmark prevented Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin from inching closer to Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals ...