alex ovechkin

The Islanders couldn’t come up with a third successive magical final period in a row.Instead, their game Saturday against the Capitals functioned as a trip back down to Earth after they had swept through three opponents in the wild-card...

Jean-Gabriel Pageau returned to the game, but the Islanders were still unhappy with Alex Ovechkin’s second-period hit to the center’s head that led to him needing to be helped off the ice.“Very surprised ,” coach Lane Lambert said following...

The Islanders may have a bone to pick with Alex Ovechkin after Monday’s game.Jean-Gabriel Pageau left the match against the Capitals in the second period after a hit to the head from Washington’s star winger. He returned later in...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin passed Gordie Howe for second on the NHL career goals list Friday night, scoring his 802nd into an empty net with a minute left in the third period of the Washington Capitals’ game against the Winnipeg Jets.After...