Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn't expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who ...

Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby have played nearly 100 NHL games against one another. That prompted the question for the ...

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show for a national television audience, trading goals in the middle period on a ...

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will face Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in this NHL matchup on Thursday ...

Alex Ovechkin said he plans to return at least one more season after setting the all-time NHL goalscoring record during his ...

With Ovechkin getting older, many have wondered when he might retire. He's 39 years old but has shown no signs of slowing ...

Lou Lamoriello and the Islanders should be making trades this offseason, including of center JG Pageau after a mid-season ...

Welcome to the last day of the regular season, hockey fans. Alex Ovechkin already broke the all-time goals record, the Jets ...

It is the penultimate practice in a largely frustrating season, one filled with baffling losses on the ice and crushing ones ...

That doesn’t mean he’s the greatest goal scorer ever. Oh, he’s among the greatest. But does having the most goals make him ...

Washington Capitals captain and NHL living legend Alex Ovechkin is set to enter the final year of his contract with the Capitals next season. After becoming the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer ...