When Alex Ovechkin hosted Washington Capitals teammates for his 39th birthday dinner in September, he made it clear his focus ...

"And when I set the record, they bought me a Rolls Royce. You've got your work cut out." Then it was Ovechkin's turn to speak. "What a day, huh? Like I always said all the time, it's a team sport.

If the pressure was mounting on Ovechkin at 39 in the twilight of his career, he didn't show it. And the Capitals made it their life's work to get him the record. It finally came midway through the ...

Alex Ovechkin was barely out of his teens when he first skated onto an NHL rink and made it his life’s work to chip away at history. At that point, back in 2005, the whirlwind from Moscow knew ...

The previous 45 minutes — and the next several days — are all about getting back to work. Ovechkin and the Capitals got ... ve got to play a better brand of hockey.” Going all out to help Ovechkin, ...

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 scored his 895th career NHL goal during the second period of the Washington Capitals’ game against the New York Islanders on Sunday to surpass Wayne Gretzky as the league’s all ...

It took Alex Ovechkin 1,486 games, almost 7,000 shots on net and nearly 20 seasons of work to catch Wayne Gretzky ... young stars expected to skate hockey out of its dark period.

The Cup gets handed out once a year. Ovechkin broke a record that stood ... And the Capitals made it their life’s work to get him the record. It finally came midway through the 77th game out ...

The Cup gets handed out once a year. Ovechkin broke a record that stood ... And the Capitals made it their life's work to get him the record. It finally came midway through the 77th game out ...