Backstrom announced that he will be leaving the game indefinitely as his hip is not responding to the resurfacing surgery he underwent in 2022. "I was in shock," Alex Ovechkin said, adding ...

Ovechkin, who turned 39 on Tuesday, has been a big part of the Capitals’ success. His 853 goals in 1,426 regular-season games ...

"We just have to play for each other and help each other out," Ovechkin said of reuniting with Backstrom at Capitals training camp. ARLINGTON, V.A. — To open their 19th and 17th respective NHL ...

Alex Ovechkin, long the beneficiary of Backstrom’s clean passes, was to his left, leading Backstrom to quip that it felt “like back in the day.” Backstrom announced Wednesday that he was ...

As Alex Ovechkin’s sidekick, Nicklas Backstrom is always playing in Ovie’s shadow. But behind the closed doors of Washington’s dressing room, the Capitals’ inveterate jokester gets all the ...

On the first day of training camp, the new-look Capitals set out to establish a new team identity — one that includes more ...

The Washington Capitals opened training camp without another member of their 2018 Stanley Cup-winning team. Winger T.J.

Ovechkin scored Washington’s lone goal in regulation and assisted on the winner, a Nicklas Backstrom goal 11 minutes 9 seconds into the extra period. Washington Coach Barry Trotz is expected to ...

Kyle Okposo is going out as a Stanley Cup champion. Okposo, who played 17 seasons in the NHL and finished that run as part of ...

And yeah, let's talk about the power play, where only Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom are in the same league as Giroux and Voracek. Philadelphia's duo had a combined 70 power play points in ...

The bobblehead duos are Mike Gartner and Rod Langway (Dec. 14), Peter Bondra and Olie Kolzig (Feb. 1) and Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom (March 7). Photos of the bobbleheads are not yet ...

Scoring goals isn’t getting any easier, according to Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin. The 39-year-old started his ...