It opens many doors.” Kovalev holds to his belief that winning championships and chasing the Stanley Cup is more important than any personal achievement, and Ovechkin shouldn’t lose sight of that.

The Cup's first trip with the Capitals also marked Alex Ovechkin's first time with Lord Stanley and kicked off a summer that saw him having quite a bit of fun, to say the least. After more than ...

Ovechkin is the first Russian-born captain in NHL history to lead his team to a Stanley Cup and just the second to claim the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. Led by Ovechkin, who was as ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

And Alex Ovechkin — in his first game on home ice ... in the same season he makes a legitimate run at his second Stanley Cup? In September, that question would have been laughed out of the ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many ...

WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals appeared to be at a crossroads after being swept by the New York Rangers in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season.

Two-time Stanley Cup champion and NHL All-Star Mike Richards ... Sweden had Loui Eriksson (1,050) and Anton Stralman (983). Russia's Alexander Ovechkin celebrates during the 2004-05 World Junior ...

In this league, the legends of the game have Stanley Cup rings to their name. Mark Messier has six, Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe have four, and Sidney Crosby has three. Even Alexander Ovechkin ...