Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Alex Ovechkin’s last goal scored Ovechkin scored twice in a 6-2 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Nov. 18, getting goals 867 and 868 in his first game in Salt Lake City before leaving in the third period. …
Is Alex Ovechkin still a slam dunk to eclipse Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record? “I do think that,” Bruce Boudreau, Ovechkin’s coach from 2007 to 2012, said Monday over the phone. “But I don’t think that’s happening with Alex.” Bruce Boudreau knows well what Alex Ovechkin is capable of after coaching him from 2007 to 2012. And they just …
ARLINGTON, Va. — Look no further than the extra gray hair on Alex Ovechkin’s head for evidence he and the Washington Capitals are getting older. I can say that because I’ve seen us do it before.” The Caps’ championship core remains, and general manager Brian MacLellan wasted little time during the offseason erasing the uncertainty in net by adding 2022 …
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals opened training camp Thursday without two of the team’s top players. “They’re key players for us,” Ovechkin said after the first on-ice session of camp. “Training camp and exhibition games are going to mean a lot.” They don’t mean much for Ovechkin, who at 37 still doesn’t look like he has lost much. “We’re …
