On Friday, the franchise will unveil a plaque next to the Washington Harbor fountain in Georgetown where Alex Ovechkin ...

"We just have to play for each other and help each other out," Ovechkin said of reuniting with Backstrom at Capitals training camp. ARLINGTON, V.A. — To open their 19th and 17th respective NHL ...

The Washington Capitals continue to get positive news on the Alex Ovechkin front ... work ahead of practice and working with teammate Nicklas Backstrom, who was in a tracksuit.

The Capitals are the only NHL team to rank in the top six of the League in goals from both high-danger areas (86; sixth) and ...

If Alex Ovechkin was going to shatter Wayne ... The majority of the team's core -- center Nicklas Backstrom, forward T.J. Oshie and defenseman John Carlson-- were also signed long term, and ...

Alex Ovechkin put up 72 era adjusted goals in ... While Ovechkin was tearing it up in 2007-08, who was setting him up? It was Nicklas Backstrom with a team-leading 55 assists.

Over the last 25 years, the NHL has only continued to get more skilled and more entertaining. Today, we're going to celebrate ...

And if we were really, really bad, I don't think Alex would break the record ... and understand that we can't just rely on [Ovechkin and Backstrom] to carry the team anymore.