Ovechkin was surrounded by young talent in his early years in Washington. Center Nicklas Backstrom, defenseman Mike Green and ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...

He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life,” said Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who met Alex Ovechkin as a teenager. “He was determined. He was one of the ...

The Sharks acquired Ostapchuk and Noah Gregor from Ottawa on March 7 in a deal that sent forward Fabian Zetterlund to the ...

The countdown is on with Alex ... and Ovechkin have created between themselves and their contemporaries as they solidified their positions as two of the league's greats. It's interesting to ...

Oh, yeah, and Washington winger Alex Ovechkin remained just nine goals away from breaking ... playing with … whoever it’s been this year,” Dubois said. “It’s been fun to be on this team. They’ve ...

Oh, yeah, and Washington winger Alex Ovechkin remained just nine goals away ... it’s been this year,” Dubois said. “It’s been fun to be on this team. They’ve helped me a lot throughout ...

“You remind yourself a little bit of like the Sidney Crosby-(Alex Ovechkin) days, when they were kind of the ... there’s ...

Aliaksei Protas has his first NHL hat trick and Alex Ovechkin records three assists in a game that was tied at 4-all before the Capitals scored three times in the final 6:35.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break ...