The Ottawa Senators return home with a tall order as they take on the best team in the East and League — the Washington Capitals. Washington leads the league with a 0.716 save percentage at 63 points ...

Duhaime is a solid fourth-liner and has found his place alongside Capitals veteran Nic Dowd and newcomer ... he has found himself right alongside Alexander Ovechkin on the first or second lines ...

Coaching Alex Ovechkin for three seasons has normalized his hot pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record for Peter Laviolette. “Not a crazy thing at all,” Laviolette said before ...

No. 872 has been added to the archives. Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored in the third period of the Capitals' 7-4 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon, bringing him ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin hasn't skipped a beat ... picking up a goal and assist while thriving on the fourth line with Nic Dowd and Brandon Duhaime. The 5-foot-10 winger was aggressive ...

Ovechkin entered the season 42 goals short of breaking a record that long seemed unapproachable. He missed 16 games with a broken leg but resumed his pursuit in December.

The previous summer's No. 1 and No. 2 overall picks — Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin — wouldn't have played in the World Juniors in a normal year. They'd have been in the NHL.

Strome scored late in the first period to end an eight-game goal drought and added two primary assists, including on Alex Ovechkin’s ... off a slick feed from Nic Dowd at 10:08; that proved ...

WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd NHL goal ... the bottom of the right circle off a pass across the slot from Nic Dowd. Will Cuylle appeared to pull the Rangers within 3-2 at 13:04 ...

Alex Ovechkin has been a force with the Washington Capitals this season, no matter if a fractured leg took him out of the lineup for over a month. Ever since returning to the Capitals lineup ...

one-timing a cross-ice feed from Nic Dowd to give the Capitals a 3-1 lead at 10:08 of the middle period. Carrick intercepted Alex Ovechkin's pass attempt in the right circle and snapped it stick ...