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

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 ...

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

Alex Ovechkin knows exactly where the first-round playoff series between the Capitals and the Canadiens changed.

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 ...

So, with NHL draft rules intact, it would be 2004 that Ovechkin would be drafted as the first overall pick by the Washington Capitals. And it all started with a phone call. The NHL draft hadn’t ...

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

The Capitals won the 2004 NHL draft lottery to select Ovechkin first overall. The Moscow native won the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 2005-06 with 52 goals, as his buoyant personally ...

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 ...