The bananas history surrounding Conor Sheary’s empty-net goal against Columbus
Usually, it's Alex Ovechkin making history. But Thursday, Conor Sheary made some of his own. The Capitals' Short King scored an empty-net…
Evgeny Kuznetsov finally got in a milestone goal picture with Alex Ovechkin. Ovi: ‘He wants to be in history and right now he is.’
Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov admitted during training camp that he hoped to have a huge bounceback year in 2021-22. He also wanted…
No. 767: Alex Ovechkin passes Jaromir Jagr for third on the NHL’s all-time goals list
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin just became the greatest European goal scorer of all time. Ovechkin scored off a faceoff beating former…
Zach Fucale becomes first goalie in Hershey Bears’ 84-year history to record three straight shutout wins
Goaltender Zach Fucale just set another shutout record during his best season pro. The Capitals prospect made 29 saves and shut out…
Jakub Vrana scores twice against Wild, becomes fastest debuting Red Wings player ever to score 10 goals
Jakub Vrana said before his season debut that he was going to keep things simple as he made his way back into…
Alex Ovechkin scores 765th and 766th goals against Flames, ties Jaromir Jagr for third all-time
Alex Ovechkin reached a huge milestone while playing in his 1,000th game with Nicklas Backstrom. The Capitals captain scored twice against the…
Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom set to play 1000th game together against Calgary Flames
Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom will reach an incredible milestone Tuesday against the Calgary Flames. Ovechkin and Backstrom will become the first…
Alex Ovechkin registers his sixteenth 30-goal season – the second-most in NHL history
Alex Ovechkin scored twice against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday and accomplished some incredible history in the process. Ovi's goals were his…
Peter Laviolette becomes tenth coach in NHL history to win 700 career games
Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette reached an impressive personal milestone in the arena he once called home, Tuesday. With Washington's 4-1 victory…
Alex Ovechkin scored twice against the Senators. He now has the third most multi-goal games in NHL history.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice in the third period against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. Ovechkin's superstar heroics sent the game to overtime…
Zach Fucale sets NHL record for longest shutout streak to start a career
Zach Fucale's first NHL start on November 11, 2021, against the Detroit Red Wings was a shutout. His next appearance, a 20-minute…
Nicklas Backstrom on Alex Ovechkin’s power-play goals record: ‘No one likes to score goals more than him’
During the final second of the Capitals' last power play of December, Alex Ovechkin scored the unit's first and only goal of…
It’s official. Alex Ovechkin is now the greatest goal-scorer in NHL history on the power play.
The Washington Capitals' power play snapped out of its month-long slump in the final second of its final man advantage of December.…
Age 36 Alex Ovechkin makes more history after scoring his 22nd goal in 30 games
Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal against the Winnipeg Jets with 51 seconds left to go in Friday's game. Ovechkin's mid-ice tally…
Alex Ovechkin tied Dave Andreychuk for the most power-play goals of all time. Of course Nicklas Backstrom tallied an assist on the goal.
For one glorious power play, everything seemed right in the Capitals' world once again. After not scoring a single power-play goal during…
Alex Ovechkin scores 750th career goal on 152nd different goaltender
Alex Ovechkin is inching closer to Wayne Gretzky and just hit another big number. During the second period of the Caps-Blue Jackets…
Braden Holtby becomes the most winningest goaltender in NHL history through his first 500 games
Former Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby had himself a night in Dallas. Holtby backstopped the Stars to a 4-1 victory over the Carolina…
Aliaksei Protas scores first NHL goal after redirecting puck off Tony DeAngelo and in
Aliaksei Protas had three of the Capitals' first six scoring chances against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. He finally broke through and…
Alex Ovechkin sets Capitals’ record for most points through first 20 games of season
Age 36 Alex Ovechkin accomplished a feat that a Younger Ages Ovi couldn't do. Wednesday against the Montreal Canadiens, Ovechkin set the…
Ilya Samsonov becomes first goalie in Capitals history to record at least one point in each of his first eight decisions of a season
Ilya Samsonov came into Wednesday's game against the Montreal Canadiens with a long shutout streak. He left it with a new franchise…
