With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model ...

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read the E-Edition, our digital ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored the 877th goal of his career to move 18 away from breaking the NHL record, but the Washington Capitals lost 5-4 in overtime to the Winnipeg Jets on ...

Each time captain Alexander Ovechkin scored to lead a comeback. On Saturday, the Russian star blasted a rocket past league-leading goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to tie the game with the Winnipeg ...