A month without Alex Ovechkin has been no problem for the Capitals, who won eight of their first 12 games without the ...

This team is not the best one the Capitals have had in the Alex Ovechkin era ... to claim the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. Led by Ovechkin, who was as animated and emotional as ...

The NHL belongs to the Washington Capitals as the regular season storms into the middle of December. The top seed in the league standings remains a race between ...

All 32 teams — even the good ones — need something. It might not be what they want, but it's what they should get.

Dallas' depth couldn't get the job done against a top-heavy Edmonton team last year. Is the same fate inevitable in another ...

Christmas is just one week away, and Santa is finalizing his lists. Since NHL teams are busy actually playing hockey, I took ...

Ovechkin resumed skating lightly on Dec. 2 and has been gradually increasing his workload since then. He practiced with the ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is inching closer to a return after suffering a fractured fibula on Nov. 18 with a ...

Ovechkin’s absence hasn’t slowed the Capitals’ momentum. They have gone 8-2-1 in that span, surging to the top of the Eastern ...

When Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals lineup with a broken fibula, he was well on his way to breaking Wayne Gretzky ...

The Capitals captain officially joined his team for practice, marking the first time he's skated with the group since ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is with the team on the road as he rehabs from a fractured left fibula. Ovechkin, who is chasing Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record, joined the team in ...