Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin says this season will be his last
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin says his 22nd season in the NHL will be his last.
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Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin says his 22nd season in the NHL will be his last.
Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots, and the Capitals kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 3-0 win over the Penguins.
Ilya Protas scored his first NHL goal and added two assists as the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday.
Sidney Crosby scored twice, and Bryan Rust delivered the go-ahead goal midway through the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the Washington Capitals 5-3.
Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's long-standing goals record earlier this month when he scored his 895th career goal.
The rebuilding Penguins missed the postseason for the third straight year.
One current and four former Penguins' goaltenders were gifted specialty cans for not giving up a goal to the new NHL's goal king.
Sidney Crosby took part in another dueling hat tricks game with a Russian opponent 16 years after his memorable one in the playoffs against Alex Ovechkin.
Jakob Chychrun scored twice during a second-period surge and the Washington Capitals raced past the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-3.
Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 for their fourth consecutive victory.
The Penguins acquired a 2027 third-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick in exchange for forward Lars Eller.
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 in the 95th NHL game between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin.
The Penguins will be scoreboard watching tonight and need a few things to go their way.
Tom Wilson scored just hours after the death of grandfather, Alex Ovechkin scored his 840th career goal and added an assist and the Washington Capitals drilled the reeling Pittsburgh Penguins 6-0.
Alex Ovechkin scored a power-play goal during Washington's fast start, and the Capitals beat Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3.
NHL players will be allowed to use Pride tape this season after all.
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the rival Washington Capitals 4-0 for their first win of the season.
Crosby vs. Ovechkin brought the league back to prominence and tonight they get to do it all again.
Washington grinded out just a third win in eight games thanks to 35 saves in regulation and overtime by Darcy Kuemper and goals from Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson.
Casey DeSmith made 24 saves, getting his first win of the season.
