Making his highly-anticipated return from a broken leg on Saturday, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin picked up right where he left off, scoring an empty-net goal for career tally No. 869 en ...

TORONTO — After missing 16 games with a broken left fibula, Alex Ovechkin will return for the Washington Capitals on Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ovechkin suffered the injury ...

Signs point to Ovechkin returning to the Washington Capitals' lineup on Saturday night at the Toronto Maple Leafs after missing five weeks with a broken left leg. Ovechkin skated with regular ...

Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal in his return to action as the Washington Capitals upended the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night. Andrew Mangiapane, Jakob Chychrun, Nic Dowd and Tom ...

The hockey club will be without captain Connor McDavid for the first half of that homestand as the NHL handed him a ...

Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of the all-time goal scoring record has certainly been a worthy story, but a number of other guys are having either resurgent or career seasons for the red-hot Washington ...

He missed 16 games but resumed his pursuit at Toronto in the Capitals' first game out of the Christmas break. Ovechkin scored with 1:53 left in overtime at Ottawa on Thursday night to give the ...

Alex Ovechkin is on-pace to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record, which is something that Toronto Maple Leafs forward ...

Alex Ovechkin made history again Saturday night, scoring an empty net goal in a 4-1 win for the Washington Capitals over the ...

Alex Ovechkin Takes Part in a Full Capitals Practice. He Could Return Saturday at Toronto ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record should be back ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.