he couldn’t evolve his attacking style. Ovechkin would gain the zone, cut to the middle and shoot through the defenseman, creating a screen. Opponents clued in and began shutting him down.

The Senators scored in the knick of time to pick up a 5-4 victory over Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in ...

And Alex Ovechkin — in his first game on home ice since Nov. 13, five days before he went out with a broken bone in his leg — is stuck on 17 goals for the season and 870 for his career.

Saturday's tilt with the St. Louis Blues was exactly the game that Alex Ovechkin and the Washington ... and that the team needed to get back to its style of play. The Capitals did just that.

OTTAWA — Of course it was Alex Ovechkin. The Washington Capitals spent most of Thursday’s game at Canadian Tire Centre going nowhere, generating minimal offense against the Ottawa Senators and ...