The Montreal Canadiens came up short following a tremendous comeback in Game 1 against the Washington Capitals, on Monday night, losing in overtime 3-2.

The NHL set an attendance record in 2024-25, drawing 23,014,458 fans over 1,312 regular-season games, the league announced ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has spent more than a week as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer and will have one last meeting with fellow superstar and Pittsburgh Penguins captain ...

Washington Capitals captain and NHL living legend Alex Ovechkin is set to enter the final year of his contract with the Capitals next season. After becoming the NHL’s all-time leading goal ...

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 ...

Amna Nawaz: With his trademark shot from the spot on the ice known as his office, 39-year-old Alex Ovechkin officially cemented himself as the NHL's all-time leading scorer. The goal broke one of ...

Alex Ovechkin etched himself into NHL history on April 6, 2025, when he surpassed Wayne Gretzky for most goals scored in league history with 895. Moments after he scored the record-breaking goal ...

WASHINGTON — The “Gr8 Chase” is over, as Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is the new goal-scoring king of the NHL. Ovechkin scored his 895th goal Sunday against the Islanders ...

Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th goal of his career on Sunday. The Washington Capitals' captain made history when he scored ...

Beyond that, inside the visitors’ locker room at UBS Arena, there weren’t many obvious signs of what took place Sunday, what Alex Ovechkin accomplished. It felt crowded, sure, and a few more ...

With the 895th goal of his career, Alex Ovechkin has passed Wayne Gretzky in all-time goals. Ovechkin beat many goalies in many different ways with an unlimited bag of tricks, but his greatest ...

Alex Ovechkin became the greatest goal scorer in NHL history because of a never-before-seen combination of a wicked shot, consistency over two decades and remarkable durability that kept him on ...