Topic: Alexander Ovechkin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington emerged from an offensive slumber and netminder Michal Neuvirth stopped 20 shots as the Capitals snapped the Nashville Predators' five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory on Tuesday.The Capitals played suffocating defense and had goals from mainstays Alex ...
The Washington Capitals, struggling after a hot start with superstar Alex Ovechkin in a slump, and Carolina Hurricanes, off to a miserable National Hockey League start, fired their coaches on Monday.The Capitals parted ways with Bruce Boudreau, who last week won his ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The slumping Washington Capitals moved to resuscitate their once-promising season on Monday by firing head coach Bruce Boudreau and replacing him with former team captain Dale Hunter.Despite the presence of two-time most valuable player Alex Ovechkin and a talented ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - There were plenty of offensive fireworks in the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-1 thrashing of the Washington Capitals on Saturday but none of them off the stick of misfiring sniper Alexander Ovechkin.Phil Kessel notched his league leading 14th of the ...
(Reuters) - The Washington Capitals extended their NHL-best start to the season with an impressive 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.Alex Ovechkin snapped out of his early-season funk with two goals and the Capitals improved to 6-0-0 to build on ...
KOSICE, Slovakia (Reuters) - Washington Capitals top scorer Alexander Ovechkin will join Russia's national team at the world championship in Slovakia, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said Friday.Ovechkin became available after the Tampa Bay Lightning swept the Eastern Conference's top seed ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - There were no congressional hearings being planned but after yet another post-season flop by the NHL's Washington Capitals plenty of hard questions were being asked on Thursday.Swept from the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Tampa ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Led by Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals dumped the New York Rangers 3-1 on Saturday to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and bury memories of last year's post-season collapse.An inspired Ovechkin set up Washington's ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brandon Dubinsky scored with less than two minutes to go as the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Sunday to lift themselves back into the NHL's Eastern Conference quarter-finals.Washington leads the best-of-seven playoff series 2-1 ...
TORONTO (Reuters) - Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin slotted another career milestone on Tuesday, scoring a 300th goal in the 3-2 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.A purebred sniper now averaging 50 goals a season, the playful Russian has throughout his career ...