While hockey is generally not near the top of the U.S. sports pecking ladder in viewership or revenue, it keeps coming up in ...

MONTREAL -- It was well before the Washington Capitals would be headed to Bell Centre to play the Montreal Canadiens during ...

1985 — For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points in a Cup game (3 goals, 4 assists). 1989 — Mario Lemieux ties NHL playoff records with four first-period goals, five overall and eight points as the ...

Alex Ovechkin, at 39, continues his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's records, now setting his sights on Gretzky's NHL career ...

Former NHL player Wayne Gretzky, left, with Washington Capitals ... Oct. 14, 1979 Stanley Cup titles: 4, all with Edmonton (1984, ‘85, ’87, '88) NHL records: Goals (895), power-play goals ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning will face their in-state rival, the Florida Panthers, on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their first-round ...

Alex Ovechkin had seemingly done it all in hockey, leading the Washington Capitals to the Stanley Cup in 2018, earning the ...

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin reached hockey immortality by breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record (895 goals) ...

Canada saw five of its seven NHL teams advance to the playoffs this season. Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Edmonton ...

In the nine playoff series that Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, William Nylander and Morgan Rielly have played in Toronto, ...

Ovechkin broke Gretzky’s NHL career goals record late in the season, and the Capitals defied expectations by finishing atop the Eastern Conference. They now turn their attention to the next challenge, ...