Category: Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin and other Capitals bobbleheads up to half off today only
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Read moreAlex Ovechkin: 2023-24 season review
Alex OvechkinAlex Ovechkin ended the season with 31 goals. What you think of that total depends on where you started from. By the Numbers Summary 31 goals 34 assists 79 games played 19.2 average ice time On-ice percentages 48.0 5-on-5 shot-attempt percentage 46.0 5-on-5 expected goal percentage 40.2 5-on-5 actua...
Read moreFC Dynamo Moscow wants Alex Ovechkin to play in another soccer match this summer
Alex OvechkinAlex Ovechkin could be lacing up his soccer cleats again this summer. Pavel Pivovarov, the general director and CEO of FC Dynamo Moscow, recently announced the club’s holding of the “Brotherhood Cup” in July, a multi-day tournament between Dynamo, CSKA Moscow, OFK Belgrade, and Partizan. Pivovarov s...
Read moreCapitals plan to explore trade and free agency market for scoring help: ‘I think we need to add something’
Alex OvechkinThe Washington Capitals scored just 216 goals during the 2023-24 regular season, the franchise’s worst output in a full 82-game season since 2003-04 (186). The mark saw them sit 28th in the league overall and they were the lowest-scoring playoff team by 29 goals. Alex Ovechkin, the team’s captain, w...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin calls Tom Wilson a leader and ‘probably’ the next Washington Capitals captain
Washington CapitalsAlex Ovechkin believes Tom Wilson has the leadership skills to take over as Washington Capitals captain when he decides to retire from the NHL. Ovechkin made the comments while speaking to the media on Breakdown Day Tuesday morning. “I think since day one when he came to the league, he shows his lea...
Read moreAfter big finish to season, Alex Ovechkin thinks it’s possible he can break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record if he stays healthy
Alex OvechkinAlex Ovechkin has a lot to be optimistic about individually even though age-related regression has finally caught up to him. Ovechkin finished the 2023-24 season with 31 goals, becoming the first player in league history to have 18 30-goal seasons. The Great Eight is also now just 41 markers shy of...
Read moreSpencer Carbery says Capitals need elite offensive players, but ‘how do you acquire 40-goal, 100-point guys without doing it through the draft?’
Washington CapitalsThe Washington Capitals finished 28th in the league in goals scored this past season, the only playoff team occupying a spot in the bottom ten of the NHL. At the end of the regular season, the Capitals had just two players with 20 or more goals on their roster, Alex Ovechkin (31) and Dylan Strome
Read morePeter Laviolette gives Capitals ‘a lot of credit’ considering ‘what was going on with them inside their room’
Peter LavioletteFormer Washington Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette dispatched his former team in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs, sweeping them in four games with his new club, the New York Rangers. After the final horn sounded, both teams exchanged handshakes at center ice. Alex Ovechkin hugge...
Read moreAlex Ovechkin says to put ‘blame on me’ after he goes without a point in playoff series for first time in career
RangersAlex Ovechkin has achieved many incredible milestones in his career. Sunday, after the Capitals’ lost 4-2 to the New York Rangers in Game 4 and were swept out of the playoffs, he achieved a less fun one. Ovechkin went pointless for an entire playoff series for the first time in his career. His previ...
Read moreOvechkin shoulders the 'blame' for Capitals' ouster
Washington CapitalsWashington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, 38, took the blame for his team's opening round sweep at the hands of the No. 1 seed New York Rangers on Sunday night, the first time the star winger ever went scoreless in a postseason series.
Read moreAlex Ovechkin believes he still has a few playoff runs left in him: ‘I hope I’m still going to get a couple chances’
New York RangersWashington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin left his postgame media availability on a positive note despite the solemn circumstances of Sunday night’s 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers. After outlining his personal struggles in the four-game sweep, Ovechkin spoke highly of his team’s overall journey to...
Read moreOvechkin won't press to get self, Caps on track
Alex OvechkinThe Capitals need production out of Alex Ovechkin to get back in their series against the Rangers, but the Washington captain says the best plan is to "just settle down a little bit."
Read moreRangers Game 2 line matchups: Changed matchups weren’t as effective
New York RangersThe New York Rangers took a 2-0 series lead on the Washington Capitals last night with a thrilling 4-3 win. […]
Read moreSpencer Carbery says Alex Ovechkin’s struggling early in Rangers’ series: ‘He looks a little bit off. He’s not getting looks.’
Alex OvechkinThe Washington Capitals-New York Rangers’ first round series is headed to DC for Games Three and Four and the Caps are facing a big hole. The team scored just two five-on-five goals in the two losses and have gotten nothing from Alex Ovechkin, their superstar captain. Ovechkin, the team’s leading go...
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