Pittsburgh's game at Washington on Saturday night will be the 71st regular-season meeting of the team's superstar captains, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby and the Capitals' Alex Ovechkin.

NHL legacies of Alex Ovechkin & Sidney Crosby, focusing on their championships and enduring influence on the sport of hockey ...

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Across Ovechkin’s career, he’s logged 709 assists to go with his 873 goals. That’s a staggering 1,254 fewer than The Great ...

With Ovi set to break Gretzky's career goals record, many comparisons have been drawn between them. But only one man can say ...

NHL star Alex Ovechkin picked up another record on Thursday night as he moved closer to replacing Wayne Gretzky as the league ...

With his overtime goal on Thursday, Alex Ovechkin has now scored against 179 different goalies in his NHL career — more than ...

Gretzky has over 700 more assists (1,963) than second-placed Ron Francis (1,249) and almost 1,000 more than Crosby, the active leader (1,040). For Alex Ovechkin to be just 21 goals away from tying ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored with 1:53 left in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the ...

The 39-year-old winger took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on a 2-on-1 breakaway and fired it past rookie Leevi Merilainen, the ...

Ovechkin’s goal on Thursday, which came from a Rasmus Sandin pass following a 2-on-1 breakaway, was the 27th OT game-winner of his career, extending a record he already holds. Sidney Crosby is ...