Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby have played nearly 100 NHL games against one another. That prompted the question for the Capitals star as to whether Thursday night was his final matchup with the Penguins captain.

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show for a national television audience, trading goals in the middle period on a night that saw Pittsburgh fans give Ovechkin a standing ovation. Crosby and the Penguins emerged the winner in this one, finishing out a disappointing season with a 5-2 win against the playoff-bound Washington Capitals.

Hockey fans will never tire of the sight of two classic rivals battling it out on the ice. Particularly, a pair that's been doing it for the last 20 years.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 44th goal of the season to move his all-time record total to 897 on Thursday in the Capitals' 5-2 loss to the Penguins in the regular-season finale.

That doesn’t mean he’s the greatest goal scorer ever. Oh, he’s among the greatest. But does having the most goals make him the greatest? If that’s your definition of “gr

History was made on Friday night at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Alexander Ovechkin scored twice against the Chicago Blackhawks for career goals No. 89