Which eight teams will advance to the second round of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs? USA TODAY weighs in with first-round ...

Crosby hits 90 points for 3rd straight season for Pittsburgh; Stevenson makes 33 saves for Washington in NHL debut ...

One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn't expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who ...

Ryan McLeod scored a goal and added two assists, and Lindy Ruff became the NHL’s fifth coach to reach 900 wins in the Buffalo Sabres' 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in each team’s season ...

It was an odd sight at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, as, instead of the usual boos that fill the arena when Alex Ovechkin and ...

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show for a national television audience, trading goals in the middle period on a ...

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will face Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in this NHL matchup on Thursday ...

Alex Ovechkin said he plans to return at least one more season after setting the all-time NHL goalscoring record during his ...

With Ovechkin getting older, many have wondered when he might retire. He's 39 years old but has shown no signs of slowing ...

Lou Lamoriello and the Islanders should be making trades this offseason, including of center JG Pageau after a mid-season ...

Welcome to the last day of the regular season, hockey fans. Alex Ovechkin already broke the all-time goals record, the Jets ...

With the Washington Capitals record goalscorer Alex Ovechkin's name underlined in the history books, they are among the ...