NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Washington's Alex Ovechkin, Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and New York Islanders' Joey MacDonald were selected the NHL players for the month of November.
ANAHEIM, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Tomas Fleischmann touched off an early three-goal outburst Wednesday and Alex Ovechkin had four points to give Washington a 6-4 victory over Anaheim.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Washington teammates Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin won two of the three spots in the NHL's weekly player awards, the league said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Left wing Alexander Semin score twice in the last three minutes Thursday night when the Washington Capitals rallied for a 3-2 victory against Carolina.
OTTAWA, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Mike Fisher scored his first goal of the season with 40 seconds left in overtime Tuesday, delivering the Ottawa Senators a 2-1 win over Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Michael Nylander scored in the fourth round of a shootout and Jose Theodore blocked Martin Erat's shot, securing Washington's 4-3 win over Nashville Tuesday.
TORONTO, June 12 (UPI) -- Washington winger Alex Ovechkin capped the NHL Awards Show Thursday by winning his first Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.
NEW YORK, April 29 (UPI) -- Calgary's Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Washington's Alexander Ovechkin are the finalists for the NHL's most valuable player award.
WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- Marty Biron's first playoff shutout Sunday backstopped Philadelphia's 2-0 win over Washington that evened their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at 1-1.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin capped a third-period rally Friday that led the Capitals to a 5-4 win over Philadelphia in their playoff opener.
NEW YORK, March 24 (UPI) -- Washington left wing Alex Ovechkin was selected the top of three NHL stars of the week, the league said Monday.
ATLANTA, March 21 (UPI) -- Alexander Ovechkin Friday became the first NHL player in 12 years to score 60 goals in a season and helped rally Washington to a 5-3 win over Atlanta.
NEW YORK, March 10 (UPI) -- Washington's Alex Ovechkin, who leads the NHL with 95 points, was selected top star of last week's NHL action.
BUFFALO, N.Y., March 5 (UPI) -- Alexander Ovechkin, the NHL's leading scorer, added two more goals Wednesday to run his season total to 54 in Washington's 3-1 victory over Buffalo.
WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- Alexander Ovechkin got his fifth career hat trick and reached 52 goals for the season Monday to lead the Washington Capitals to a 10-2 victory over Boston.
