Not to worry, kid. The duo of Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dylan Strome supplied five helpers each on Ovechkin’s first 17 goals of ...

Ovechkin amassed this career total in a variety of ways. He had over 550 even-strength goals and 320 power-play goals, the ...

An electric goal-scoring talent with Russia’s national junior teams, Ovechkin headed to Washington that summer accompanied by plenty of hype but also a curiosity in how his game would translate to the ...

Ovechkin's staggering 52 goals and 106 points in 2005-06 easily outpaced his closest teammate, Dainius Zubrus, who had 23 goals and 57 points. Ovechkin won the Calder Trophy in a landslide over ...

It all began on October 27th, 2006. After Jan Bulis and Taylor Pyatt scored to give the Canucks a two-goal cushion, Ovechkin assisted on a Dainius Zubrus power play goal before Ovechkin scored his ...

“The thing was he was trying.” Ovechkin leaned on his first center Dainius Zubrus, a Lithuanian he’d played with for Russia at 2004 World Cup of Hockey, as his translator, but he didn’t ...

Newly appointed captain and local hero Jeff Halpern, sturdy defenseman Brendan Witt and – perhaps most critically – center Dainius Zubrus and winger Brian Willsie were also returning ...

Dainius Zubrus found him, and Ovi blasted a shot past future trivia answer Pascal Leclaire for the first of many, many, many goals. 16. March 19, 2022: Ovechkin vs. Chicago (and Duncan Keith ...