Alexander Ovechkin is inching ever so close to breaking the National Hockey League goal record. His Washington Capitals faced ...

The Philadelphia Flyers’ newcomers arrived in Philadelphia Thursday night during the team’s loss to the Washington Capitals. Friday, the pair of former Flames skated with their new teammates for the ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

In the third round of the 2024 NHL Draft, the Washington Capitals selected Ilya Protas with the 75th pick overall. The ...

The Winnipeg Jets entered January, a month that typically starts a stretch of disappointment and despair for the team, in first place in the NHL with 55 points through 39 games.

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Cruising to the top of the NHL standings by winning 36 of their first 54 games and losing just 11 in regulation, the ...

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also one of just two teams not represented at the 4 Nations ...

Bobby Brink and Tyson Foerster both came agonizingly close to scoring, with Brink narrowly missing a wraparound attempt and ...

As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...