Just like during the season when they were the top team in the Eastern Conference and one of the best in the NHL, the Washington Capitals got goals from Alex Ovechkin, superb play in net from Logan ...

By any measure, the Washington Capitals’ 50th anniversary season of 2024-25 was a smashing success. The Caps surprised the hockey world, sitting atop the NHL standings for patches of the season before ...

However, we are here not to bury the Caps, but to praise them as Alex Ovechkin completed his quest to pass Wayne Gretzky as ... career highs in goals while Rasmus Sandin, Martin Fehervary, Pierre ...

Alex Ovechkin has set the standard for the Washington Capitals. It was no different on Wednesday, as the captain set the tone again to lead his team to the next round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for ...

Be honest: Are you as excited about this series as you were a couple weeks ago, when Alex Ovechkin was sprinting toward Wayne Gretzky ... adds offensive punch. Rasmus Sandin is a smooth-skating ...

Throughout the process, Carbery skillfully managed the tricky balance between the team's focus on winning and the spotlight on Ovechkin's chase of Wayne Gretzky's NHL goal record, which he broke ...

Ovechkin chases Gretzky (John McDonnell/For The Washington ... space along the goal line off a nice feed from defenseman Rasmus Sandin to fire home the go-ahead goal into a wide-open net.

A weak clearing attempt by Capitals defenseman Rasmus Sandin off Washington ... during the first period for recently surpassing Wayne Gretzky as the league’s top goal collector, scored for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Alex Ovechkin, scoring the 890th goal of his career wasn’t such a sweet moment; in fact, moving five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record didn’t matter ...

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin is five goals from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record after ... got to the front of the net and deflected Rasmus Sandin's shot past James Reimer to pull the Capitals ...