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 ...

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

This season, Alex Ovechkin became the NHL's all-time leading scorer. Monday, in the Capitals' playoff opener, he somehow ...

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

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

Captial One Arena understandably went wild when Ovechkin netted the goal to sound the horn and win Game 1. His teammates quickly grabbed the 39-year-old star in a giant group hug on the ice to ...