Nine games into the Washington Capitals’ season, Alex Ovechkin is scoring at a rate that would put him past Wayne Gretzky as soon as this spring. CBC | World News
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Crosby, Ovechkin on board with skipping remainder of regular season if NHL resumes
Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin wouldn’t mind the NHL going right into the playoffs if the league’s able to resume the 2019-20 season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ovechkin bookends game with goals in Capitals’ shootout win over Jets
Alex Ovechkin scored his 701st goal and the shootout winner, and Braden Holtby made 30 saves in regulation and overtime to help the Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Tuesday night for their second consecutive victory. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ovechkin roars to Rocket Richard lead with 3rd-period hat trick in 5-minute flash
Alex Ovechkin recorded his 27th career hat trick and raised his career goal total to 698 during a five-minute stretch of the third period, rallying the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »McDavid, MacKinnon, Ovechkin, Pastrnak named All-Star captains
Edmonton’s Connor McDavid, Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin and Boston’s David Pastrnak were voted NHL All-Star captains on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ovechkin says Leafs must ‘play differently’ to win Stanley Cup
Alex Ovechkin has some advice for the Toronto Maple Leafs if they want to win a Stanley Cup. Play differently. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Alex Ovechkin lines up behind pal Putin in Russian election
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has voiced his support for Vladimir Putin ahead of the Russian presidential election. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Vegas, Leafs, Ovechkin generating quite the buzz
The first week of the NHL season has been full of hot starts, surprises, disappointments and achievements we haven’t witnessed in decades. Here are seven impressions from the first seven days of the 2017-18 season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ovechkin records historic hat trick as Capitals crush Canadiens
Alex Ovechkin scored four goals to become the first player in 100 years with back-to-back hat tricks to open a season, and the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 on Saturday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Ovechkin pots hat trick as Caps deny Sens in SO
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the shootout winner and Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick to lead the Washington Capitals past the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams. CBC | Sports News
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