NBC Sports has been conducting a tournament bracket to decide who is the greatest goalscorer in NHL history.
NHL fans have spoken and they voted Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin first overall.
The Ottawa Senators announced on Wednesday that four additional people in their organization have tested positive for COVID-19.
According to TSN’s Frank Seravalli, three of those are believed to be players.
Seven players overall have tested positive for coronavirus in the NHL.
The coronavirus outbreak is depressing and scary, but it’s the little moments you have with your family, friends, and pets that can make it fun and bearable.
Wednesday, Ovechkin took to his personal gym at his Northern Virginia home. He was working out and then Sergei started dancing. Then he started dancing. And this was the result.
Nicklas Backstrom is now a father of three children.
Backstrom’s fiancee Liza Berg gave birth to their third child, a girl, “a couple of days ago.” Backstrom announced the news in a Zoom interview Wednesday morning with Capitals media.
Nicky first announced that Liza was pregnant in January during a behind-the-scenes Capitals video.
After struggling to score in the Capitals’ first three games, Digi Ovi has found the net in two straight. And not a moment too soon.
The Russian machine scored twice against the Leafs, including the game-winning goal to eke out a squeaker 3-2.
Digi Ilya Samsonov got the win. The virtual Caps have now won five straight.
Babies born to legendary athletes usually have unrealistic expectations heaped upon them to continue the family business when they grow up. But ever since Sergei Ovechkin was born, Alex Ovechkin has maintained he wouldn’t force hockey on his son.
“[W]hen he starts walking, I will bring him to the rink,” Ovechkin said in August. “If he likes it, we’ll work on it. But we will not make him.”
Since then, Sergei and his hockey stick have become inseparable. Ovi has taken his son on a tour around MedStar Capitals Iceplex. He’s skated his son around the ice. In February, Sergei took the ice with dad’s Capitals teammates during practice. All the while, Ovi has worked with Ovi Jr. on his stickhandling and taught him how to do a proper slap shot (with Blake in goal). After Alex scored his 700th goal on February 22, he got Sergei his own baby hockey gear from CCM.
Despite the NHL’s 2019-20 season being suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, Sergei’s obsession with hockey has continued to grow.
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Nastya Ovechkina recently took to Instagram to try the Which Disney Character Are You? Instagram filter. She also had Sergei complete the challenge.
With Alex Ovechkin doing the filter in January (he was not happy with the results), we now know which Disney character every member of the family matches up with.
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If the NHL is going to come back before July, it appears it will have to do so without playing games in Toronto.
Tuesday, Toronto mayor John Tory announced that all city events and event permits are canceled through June 30 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Per several reports, the NHL has extended its self-quarantining period through April 15.
This is the second time the NHL has extended its self-isolation date since originally giving guidance to stay at home through March 27. Last week they extended it to April 4 and now they have pushed it 11 days later.
The NHLPA published its annual players poll on Tuesday. 588 different players voted on important topics such as who is the most complete NHL player and who is the worst trash talker.
Two Capitals players got some love on this year’s list: one for his exemplary play and the other for just how dang entertaining he is.
By Ian Oland 1 week ago
