Ovechkin downplayed it as “a goal is a goal,” but the OT winner put an exclamation point on a vintage performance by the 39-year-old winger, who also led Washington with seven hits and scored on the ...

Alex Ovechkin smacked an airborne puck into the net with his stick blade for the first playoff overtime goal of his career, ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken almost every major scoring record in NHL history, but he keeps finding ways ...

Ovechkin scored 2:26 into overtime to give the Capitals a 3-2 victory against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern ...

Ovechkin set the tone all over the ice in the Capitals' Game 1 win over the Canadiens — including notching a career first.

Alex Ovechkin waited 20 NHL seasons and until the 152nd Stanley Cup Playoff game of his career to do something he hadn’t ...

This season, Alex Ovechkin became the NHL's all-time leading scorer. Monday, in the Capitals' playoff opener, he somehow found a new way to score. The Capitals legend scored his first career playoff ...

Alex Ovechkin ... He was the first player in 100 years to get hat tricks in his opening two games. Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck is the NHL's best goalie nowadays, but Ovechkin has beaten him ...

Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's goal-scoring record with his 895th goal. Predators forward Steven Stamkos, the third-highest active goal scorer, praised Ovechkin's longevity and consistency.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied ... with festivities planned for if Ovechkin surpassed Gretzky's 894 career goals. Monumental Sports Network spoke with the Hockey Hall of Famer shortly ...

Alex Ovechkin ... the two players' careers have been. Ovechkin scored his 40th and 41st of the year on April 4. From goals to points, our series of charts below — based on NHL and Hockey ...