Alex Ovechkin is hockey’s greatest scorer. He’s also Washington’s — forever. That Ovechkin has played his entire NHL career in a Capitals sweater is an amazing accomplishment unto itself.

His professional hockey career officially began with Dynamo Moscow at age 16. When he was 18, Ovechkin won the Russian Superleague's award for being the best left-wing in the league, and he was ...

But where many hockey players' scoring ability fades over the years, Ovechkin kept scoring. By the time he hit 600 career goals, then 700, commentators and fans wondered if Gretzky's record could ...

“The goat is on the elevator.” It’s not a text I’d imagined sending from the Washington Capitals’ practice facility in ...

Alex Ovechkin poses with the puck he scored his historic 895th goal with. It's a puck that will be immortalized in hockey history.

Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase.

See Ovechkin embrace his GOAT status on July's Washingtonian cover, celebrating legendary NHL career and record-breaking ...

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"At no point am I thinking in my head that there's ever going to be a day without Ovi on the Caps. He's still flying out ...

Alex Ovechkin didn't just make D.C. a hockey town—he sparked a youth hockey boom that’s reshaping the game in America’s ...

According to The Hockey Writers, Ovechkin scored a record 56 goals in a season when he was 11. His professional hockey career officially began with Dynamo Moscow at age 16.