GREAT player. Great captain. But mostly a great leader. Frankie McAvoy knows what he likes in a football player and a person — and found all those qualities and more in Russell Martin a decade ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and the Washington Capitals beat the struggling New York Rangers 7-4 Saturday.

The Seattle Kraken have traded forward Alex Wennberg to the New York Rangers for a second-round draft pick in 2024 and a fourth-round pick in 2025. Seattle is retaining 50 percent of Wennberg’s ...

WASHINGTON-- Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 855 and 856 less than two minutes apart, and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night in a back-and-forth showcase of ...

WASHINGTON DC (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 856 and 857 less than two minutes apart, and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night in a back-and-forth ...

Jonathan Quick made 21 saves for the Rangers (17-20-1), who have lost eight of 10. (John McDonnell/For The Washington Post) Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin spent this season chasing ...