It’s a full-circle moment for Ovechkin, whose NHL career officially started in the same building -- it was called the RBC Center at the time -- at the 2004 NHL Draft. Ross Mahoney, who was ...

Ovechkin (rest) will be in the lineup Sunday against Columbus, according to Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post. Ovechkin didn't play in Saturday's 7-0 loss to the Blue Jackets so that he could ...

Ovechkin is five goals from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record, but the captain’s team is in a funk that continued Sunday with an 8-5 loss to the scuffling Sabres.

The moment Alex Ovechkin scored his record-breaking 895th career goal with 7:26 gone in the second period against the New York Islanders on Sunday, play stopped and the celebration began.

Alex Ovechkin's NHL-record 895th goal is drawing praise from around the world – including the United States' geopolitical rivals. 'I congratulate you on your outstanding record,' Russian ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL ... A chance in the final minute of the second period appeared like it would draw him level with the historic record but ...