Alexander Ovechkin RUMORS & NEWS

Washington Post "The Capitals have confirmed Ovechkin’s injury. Alex Ovechkin played the final two games of the Capitals’ first-round series against New York with a hairline fracture in his left foot, according to a league source with direct knowledge of the winger’s injury. In the first period of Game 6,..." May 16

Washington Post "I have now achieved a rare trifecta: consecutive posts featuring Michael Wilbon on Alex Ovechkin, Skip Bayless on Alex Ovechkin and now Mike Milbury on Alex Ovechkin. Where is my prize???? “I try to just tell it the way it is,” Milbury said on NBC Sports Network Tuesday night. “And this made it..." May 15

Yahoo! Sports "After a regular season that saw him regain his MVP form, Alex Ovechkin had a frustrating postseason as the Washington Capitals lost in seven games to the New York Rangers. He pumped 30 shots on Henrik Lundqvist, scoring just one goal, a power-play tally back in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference..." May 14

NHL.com "The Washington Capitals have announced that captain Alex Ovechkin will represent Russia at the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden, which began on May 3 and runs through May 19. Ovechkin will be available at Kettler Capitals..." May 14

NHL.com "Now in his fourth NHL season, New York Islanders center John Tavares has entered the ranks of the elite players in the League. Tavares on Friday joined Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin as finalists for the Hart Trophy, awarded annually to..." May 10

NHL.com "Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin and Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning were announced Thursday as the finalists for the 2013 Ted Lindsay Award. The award is presented annually to the most outstanding player in the NHL, as voted by fellow..." May 09

NHL.com "Washington Capitals right wing Alex Ovechkin, St. Louis Blues goaltender Brian Elliott and New York Rangers center Derek Stepan have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the month of April. Ovechkin led the League with 14 goals and 22 points in 13 games as the Capitals posted an 11-1-1 record..." April 29

Montreal Gazette "It’s not surprising that Adam Oates is promoting Alex Ovechkin for the Hart Trophy, which goes to the National Hockey League player “adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” You could make an argument that Ovechkin saved Oates’s job as head coach of the Washington Capitals, although you..." April 21

NHL.com "The Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy has been around for 13 years, and it has been a period of sniper parity compared to most eras of NHL history. No player has claimed the Richard Trophy more than twice in its 13-year existence. The last 13-year period in NHL history when one player didn't lead..." April 20

Washington Times "Adam Oates coaches the Capitals, which means he coaches Alex Ovechkin. So of course he’s going to be “very biased” when discussing the Most Valuable Player candidacy of the man who has put the Caps on his back like a big ol’ piano and carried the team to the cusp of the NHL..." April 18

Washington Post "Following a game in which Alex Ovechkin defended a teammate to rally not just the Capitals themselves but the Verizon Center crowd in its entirety and scored his league-best 28th goal of the season, Coach Adam Oates was asked about the star winger. Specifically, does Oates believe that Ovechkin..." April 17

CSN Washington "It started with a forearm to Nicklas Backstrom's lower back as he skated with the puck into the Leaf's zone. The extra touch sent the center to his knees and head first into the boards. Without hesitation, Alex Ovechkin was all over Jay McClement, a pivotal reaction that set the tone for the..." April 17

Washington Post "Heading into an important game in Carolina on March 14, the Washington Capitals had lost three straight, their two best players combining for just one point in that span. If Washington was going to make a push for the playoffs, it needed to hurry. So Coach Adam Oates reunited franchise pillars..." April 16

Washington Times "The cherry blossoms are out and, my, don’t they look lovely. The weather is turning warm. The Nationals’ season has begun and they have their first home series against the Braves this weekend. It’s a grand time to be in good ol’ D.C. Just not for any of those reasons. The real reason this is..." April 10

Washington Post "Buoyed by their success in recent weeks, the Washington Capitals looked forward to traveling to play the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. After feasting on many of the lesser teams to propel themselves into playoff position, the Capitals were eager for a more telling gauge of their progress..." April 10

NHL.com "Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, St. Louis Blues goaltender Brian Elliott and New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the week ending April 7. Ovechkin led the NHL with seven goals and tied for the League lead with nine points in four..." April 08

CSN Washington "With 4.4 seconds remaining in the game and the Capitals clinging to a one-goal lead, Alex Ovechkin saw a seam on the right side of the ice, caught a pass from Mike Ribeiro and skated with a powerful purpose toward an empty net. It didn’t matter that Tampa Bay Lighting center Alex Killorn stuck..." April 08

NHL.com "Nothing has stopped Alex Ovechkin of late, but a stray puck to the face sent him to the doctor's office for stitches Thursday morning, according to reports by media present for Washington Capitals practice. A team spokesman told reporters Ovechkin would not return to practice. According to..." March 28

NHL.com "Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom and Toronto Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the week ending March 24. Ovechkin led the NHL with five goals and eight points in four games, stretching his..." March 25

Washington Post "Each player on the Washington Capitals’ roster is well aware of the daunting challenges they face to reach the playoffs. With 20 games left to play after Sunday’s 5-3 win against Buffalo, the Capitals have 25 points. They trail eighth-place Carolina by six and Southeast Division leading Winnipeg..." March 18

CSN Washington "When the Capitals woke up this morning, they looked at the NHL standings and saw themselves second from the bottom with a 10-14-1 record and 21 points. Only the Florida Panthers [7-14-6, 20 points] were below them. In the Southeast Division, which they may have to win just to get into the..." March 14

Washington Post "You’re not allowed to blame George McPhee for the Washington Capitals’ midseason malaise. Well, you can. But it won’t do any good. Silly Cap fan, you know Ted Leonsis doesn’t hire general managers; he appoints Supreme Court justices. McPhee already outlasted a pope; Ruth Bader Ginsberg has no..." March 13

New York Post "You’d think John Tortorella would have seen it all through his career, but the Rangers coach said he had never before seen what happened during the second period of the Blueshirts’ 4-1 victory over the Caps yesterday, in which Alexander Ovechkin was cited for two penalties on the same sequence,..." March 11

Washington Post "Before their back-to-back games this weekend, the Washington Capitals appeared to have turned a corner. Their outings were disciplined, they functioned as cohesive five-man units on the ice and their goaltending made key saves. For the second time in as many days, though, the Capitals didn’t..." March 11

CSN Washington "Alex Ovechkin was all over the map in the win over the Bruins. He took a slashing penalty that resulted in Brad Marchand’s shorthanded penalty shot goal; dropped Chris Kelly with a body check that was ruled interference and resulted in a power-play goal by Dougie Hamilton; and took a..." March 06

CSN Washington "When Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick against the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 23, everyone wondered if the dam had been broken and the goals would start flowing for the Capitals’ 27-year-old captain. In the three games since that breakout game Ovechkin has no goals, two assists and is a plus-1..." March 05

Washington Times "It’s not out of the ordinary for Mike Milbury to take players to task, including Alex Ovechkin. But during the second intermission of the Washington Capitals’ game at the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night, the NBC Sports analyst took the criticism to a new level. Milbury blasted Ovechkin’s..." February 28

CSN Washington "Maybe Maria Kirilenko needs to stop playing tennis and start watching hockey. With his new fiancé watching from the stands, Alex Ovechkin put on his most impressive offensive performance of the season Saturday afternoon, scoring his first hat trick in more than two years in the Capitals’ 5-1..." February 24

Washington Post "Alex Ovechkin is creating scoring chances. He’s finding space coming down the right side, varying his approaches and using his teammates to his advantage – all things Coach Adam Oates wants to see from the star winger. Yet despite all of the positive aspects of Ovechkin’s recent play, the goals..." February 23

SB Nation "Alexander Ovechkin hasn't been off to a great start this year. People have said he's out of shape, or broken down by years of physical play, or old before his time. He entered Thursday night's game with just five goals in the first fifteen games, and his slump has a lot to do with the Capitals'..." February 21

Washington Post "Alex Ovechkin is struggling. He has just one goal at even-strength this season and is coming off two years in a row where he failed to break the 40-goal plateau. His declining production has been an ever-present topic of discussion, and in a recent Sports Illustrated column, Stu Hackel wondered if..." February 20

CSN Washington "Alex Ovechkin’s hometown of Moscow is more than 950 miles away from the Ural mountain region where a meteor struck on Friday. One day after seeing videos of the surreal explosion near the town of Chelyabinsk, the Capitals 27-year-old captain was still shaken. “It’s scary, actually,” Ovechkin..." February 17

CSN Washington "It’s been a process, probably slower than most Capitals fans would like, but Alex Ovechkin is learning how to be a right wing. And, perhaps even more importantly, he’s liking it. After scoring just two power-play goals and one assist while averaging just 3.1 shots in his first seven games,..." February 12

Washington Post "I get it. The outlook is grim. The Capitals are in last place in the NHL with a 2-7-1 record and will likely miss the playoffs. They have a minus-13 goal differential (worst in league) and have yet to score more than three goals in a game. Their penalty kill is ranked 23rd in the league, which is..." February 07

Washington Times "This isn't the heyday of the Sidney Crosby-Alex Ovechkin rivalry between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals. That was 2009. It's 2013 and Ovechkin has no even-strength goals through the Caps' first 10 games. Crosby said he was "a little bit" surprised by Ovechkin's slow start. "I've..." February 07

Toronto Star "A struggling Alexander Ovechkin has some advice for Maple Leafs winger Phil Kessel, who despite several chances couldn’t beat Capitals goalie Michael Neuvirth in the Leafs 3-2 win in Washington on Tuesday night. “I just wanna give him advice like don’t listen to nobody. Just play your game,” said..." February 06