Alex Ovechkin is considered week-to-week after injuring his lower left leg in the Washington Capitals’ most recent game at Utah, an absence that is expected to slow down his pursuit of Wayne ...

This is dizzying, going from “You’ve got to be kidding me; Alex Ovechkin is leading the NHL in goals at 39” to the previously unheard-of “Alex Ovechkin is on injured reserve with a lower ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin is on injured reserve, and the Washington Capitals are coming to grips with playing without their superstar captain for the coming weeks. Ovechkin is ...

Ovechkin was injured in a shin-on-shin collision with Utah’s Jack McBain on Monday night. The 39-year-old winger went down in obvious pain, then tried to skate and test out the leg minutes later ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin is on injured reserve, and the Washington Capitals are coming to grips with playing without their superstar captain for the coming weeks. Ovechkin is considered ...

Ovechkin scored two goals before the injury and has 13 in his past 11 games. With 868 goals in his career, the Russian veteran needs 27 to break Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 set from 1978-99.

Alex Ovechkin's hunt to pass Wayne Gretzky on all-time goals list may have taken a hit Monday. The Capitals captain left Monday night's contests against Utah with an apparent lower-body injury.