Ovechkin set the tone all over the ice in the Capitals' Game 1 win over the Canadiens — including notching a career first.

Alex Ovechkin smacked an airborne puck into the net with his stick blade for the first playoff overtime goal of his career, leading the Washington Capitals to a series-opening victory over the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin had seemingly done it all in hockey, leading the Washington Capitals to the Stanley Cup in ...

Here at Last Word on Hockey, we will preview and review all of the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. In every series, we try to ...

Early in his third NHL season, Wilson scored the first Canadiens goal against the Capitals, on Oct. 31, 1974, beating goalie ...

Tom Wiley will become CEO of the National Trust for Local News, a pioneering nonprofit national news cooperative centered ...