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Cruising to the top of the NHL standings by winning 36 of their first 54 games and losing just 11 in regulation, the ...

The Capitals are the only team in the NHL without a player in the 4 Nations Face-Off international tournament, but that can be beneficial for them.

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

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has ...

Ovechkin now has 26 goals 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 year. He is now second in NHL history with 879 goals, ...

Alexander Ovechkin is now second in NHL history with 879 goals, trailing only the Great One himself Wayne Gretzky of Canada, who had 894 goals in his NHL career ...

How many career goals does Alex Ovechkin have? Ovechkin has 879 career goals. How many goals does Alex Ovechkin need to pass Wayne Gretzky? Ovechkin needs 16 goals to break Gretzk ...

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

In their most recent games, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers experienced a whirlwind of emotions in -- of all moments -- the final second.

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.