The young hockey players gliding down the rink at Moscow's Dynamo sports club know that they train in the shadow of greatness. Portraits of alumni Alexander Ovechkin, now the captain of the National ...

Alexander Ovechkin has become the greatest goal scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history — an extraordinary accomplishment that cements his legacy as one of hockey’s most influential figures.

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

President Vladimir Putin on Monday lauded Russian ice hockey star Alexander Ovechkin for surpassing all the sport's other legends in a dazzling career that the Kremlin chief said was a cause for ...

Alexander Ovechkin became the leading goal scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history when he broke a tie atop the leaderboard with Wayne Gretzky by scoring his 895th career goal in the second ...

Ovechkin scored a goal—his second of the game—2:26 into the overtime period, the first playoff overtime goal of his illustrious career. After the game, Ovechkin was asked to describe the feeling after ...

Alex Ovechkin added another accomplishment to his illustrious career just over two weeks since breaking Wayne Gretzky's ...

Russian superstar Alexander Ovechkin is on the verge ... "Great 8" appears set to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time National Hockey League (NHL) regular-season record of 894 goals scored.

Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin has earned more than any other player in the history of the US National Hockey ...

The Capitals captain, Serhii Chernenko, steals the puck and sends it behind the net to his teammate, a second before ...