The Capitals should be in on Elias Pettersson amid trade rumors and be willing to send top propsect Ryan Leonard the other way.

Ovi’s contract has been worth every penny. (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers) Eight years later, on Jan. 10, 2016, Ovechkin scored ... draw with Florida Panthers. Alexander Mogilny scored a pair ...

The Washington Capitals are fiddling with the lineup to try and help Alex Ovechkin break an all-time great scoring record.

The left wing practiced Monday on a line with Dubois at center and Aliaksei Protas at right wing. Ovechkin, who has 20 goals ...

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

The Great 8 sits second on the all-time scoring list only behind The Great One.

Now seemingly back on track (0.74 goals-per-game), Ovechkin is on track to make history sometime in April. If he were to fall just short, he still has a whole other season under contract with ...

A long-standing record is close to being broken. On Saturday evening, Alexander Ovechkin potted an empty net goal for his ...

Ovechkin went scoreless on Tuesday in a 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks, but added to his total in the previous game with goal ...

Wayne Gretzky scored 894 goals in 1,487 career NHL games. Alex Ovechkin is poised to shatter that record, having scored 872 times in 1,451 games through Wednesday night. That's a combined 2,938 ...

Alex Ovechkin became the second player in NHL history to score at least 20 goals in 20 straight seasons when he scored his 20th against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 873 goals and needs 22 to set a new record. Ovechkin ...