Asked about the moment that changed the series and swung them in Washington's favor, team captain Alex Ovechkin didn't ...

Jan. 11, 2017: Playing his 880th NHL game, Ovechkin becomes the 84th player in League history to reach 1,000 points, and 37th ...

On June 26, 2004 in Raleigh, the Caps surprised no one when they made Alexander Ovechkin – the "Ovi" handle was still more than a year away – the first overall choice in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. No ...

Leonsis was already the owner of the Capitals when the team selected Ovechkin first overall in the 2004 NHL draft, so he was able to watch the player blossom into an absolute superstar in the league.

The NHL Playoffs are underway, and on Monday night, the Washington Capitals kicked off their first round series against the ...

For the first time in seven years, the Washington Capitals were on the smiling end of a playoff handshake line. Alex Ovechkin ...

Ovechkin did it on the 21st anniversary of the 2004 draft lottery, when the Capitals moved up two spots to No. 1 overall and won the right to draft Ovechkin. And he did it on the same day that ...

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin matched Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux in postseason history with a goal in Game 5 against the ...

He has played 790 games, taking more time to approach 400 than Ovechkin and Matthews. The Medicine Hat Tigers winger is the likely No. 1 pick of the 2026 NHL draft. He had 34 goals last season and ...

Alex Ovechkin's legend has grown in each year of his decades-long NHL career. Since being drafted first overall by the Capitals in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Ovechkin has continuously put himself ...

Witness Ovi's evolution from rock star rookie to "young gun" to Cup winner to chasing Gretzky (and much more).

In Ovechkin’s past five games alone ... The Russian icon was selected with the first overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft after playing a few seasons with the Russian Superleague’s ...