Debating the Capitals superstar vs. Sidney Crosby, plus Connor McDavid, the playoff format, the Olympics and much more.

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Ovechkin now has 35 goals in 53 games this season. His total has him in the top-10 in the NHL even though he missed 16 games with a broken leg earlier in the season. He is now second in NHL history ...

Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky also had another 56 in the World Hockey Association regular season and playoffs, while Ovechkin has 57 from his time in the Russia-based KHL.

Former NHL goaltender Dominik Hasek has condemned Donald Trump for allegedly using hockey in conversations with Vladimir Putin to whitewash global crimes. Hasek, a critic of Russia's actions in ...

Lars Eller discusses returning to the Capitals, playing alongside Ovechkin, and how Washington's evolving identity still ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

The Washington Capitals superstar continues to close in on Gretzky's longstanding record of 894 career NHL goals.

The Capitals clinched the playoffs on Thursday while Alex Ovechkin scored goal number 888, seven away from breaking Wayne ...

Alex Ovechkin helped the Capitals secure a crucial 3-2 victory over the Flyers on Thursday, scoring his 888th career goal.

Alex Ovechkin got within seven goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record as he scored the opening goal in the Washington Capitals' 3-2 home win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.