Ovechkin is the first Russian-born captain in NHL history to lead his team to a Stanley Cup and just the second to claim the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. Led by Ovechkin, who was as ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many ...

WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals appeared to be at a crossroads after being swept by the New York Rangers in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season.

Two-time Stanley Cup champion and NHL All-Star Mike Richards ... Sweden had Loui Eriksson (1,050) and Anton Stralman (983). Russia's Alexander Ovechkin celebrates during the 2004-05 World Junior ...

In this league, the legends of the game have Stanley Cup rings to their name. Mark Messier has six, Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe have four, and Sidney Crosby has three. Even Alexander Ovechkin ...

Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain has 23 goals this season, with 31 games left. This ...

Alex Ovechkin has been a stat sheet stuffer since ... in league history Most shots on goal in league history 2018 Stanley Cup winner 2018 Conn Smythe Trophy winner (Most Valuable Player of the ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL.

Alexander Ovechkin is back ... to come against the star-studded defending Cup champions who were also the first team to (try to) draft Ovechkin. Let’s just say it wouldn’t be a hard sell.