Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

After breaking the 800-goal barrier during the 2022-23 season, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin now has his sights set on breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record of 894. Ovechkin ...

TORONTO --Eric Lindros says there’s no question that Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL all-time goals record. To the Hockey Hall of Famer, the only question is when. “I think he ...

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scoring to hand the Predators another defeat and keep his Capitals rolling was not surprising to the folks on the other side who have seen him a lot over the years.

Ovi. Ovi vs. Sid. Whatever the order of their names, they've been at the top of the NHL marquee whenever Sidney Crosby's Pittsburgh Penguins have faced Alex Ovechkin's Washington Capitals since ...

Nov. 7 (UPI) --Alex Ovechkin calmly slid into the right circle and sniped a snapshot past a blinded Juuse Saros to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 triumph over the Nashville Predators.

ARLINGTON, V.A. — Over the last few weeks, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, who has found his scoring touch with 10 goals in 14 games, has been referring to Dylan Strome by a different ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — (AP) — Alex Ovechkin approached linemates Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas after the second game of the Washington Capitals' season to do some film study. The trio who had ...

Ovechkin has now scored eight times in his last seven games, putting him on pace for his 10th career 50-goal season. It was also his 175th career multi-goal game, just 14 behind Hockey Hall of ...

Alex Ovechkin has played a lot more games than Sidney Crosby. The Caps star has 1438 games under his belt, while Crosby has 1287. Partly as a result, Ovechkin has 861 goals. The Penguins star has 598.

Alex Ovechkin is off to a hot start. The Washington Capitals’ 39-year-old captain was named the NHL’s First Star of the Week on Monday after scoring an NHL-best five goals in four games.

Ovechkin scored two goals Saturday in an 8-1 win over the Blues. Ovechkin has eight goals in his past seven games to give him 863 in his career. That leaves him 31 shy of Wayne Gretzky's NHL ...