When Washington Capitals legend Alex Ovechkin speaks, people listen—especially when the topic is young Philadelphia Flyers ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin sent a strong message to fellow Russian, Philadelphi Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov, ...

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

Due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, they were excluded from the 4 Nations Face-Off among other international sporting ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

Many of the league’s superstars will sit out the best-on-best tournament because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...

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Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss where Alex Bregman might sign, with players starting to report to Spring Training ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin opens up about the future of Russian stars in the NHL and gives a key piece of ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking the regular-season record by "The Great One" that long seemed unapproachable ...