Ben Sumner

A year after breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record, Alex Ovechkin continued scoring goals – 32 of them and good enough for the team lead – but a far cry from his 44 in 65 games the previous season. In fact, his stats last year are almost identical to his stats from three years ago, when he had 31 goals. In other words, the 2024-25 season was a recent anomaly for him.

It’s opening night! The Capitals are about to play their 52nd opening night game of their existence. See how much you know about their first games of the season:

In a 5-2 win against the Hurricanes on Friday, Alex Tuch became the 46th player to score in his Caps debut, but also the fifth player in franchise history to score multiple goals in his debut, joining Mikhail Grabovski (10/1/2013),

Hershey, Pennsylvania - October4: AHL Hockey. Charlotte Checkers vs Hershey Bears on October 4, 2026 at the Giant Center in Hershey, PA. (Photo: Robert Raymer for Capitals Outsider)

The Washington Capitals hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins for their home-opening game on Wednesday at Capitals One Arena. After Alex Ovechkin announced Monday that this will be his final season in the NHL, naturally, fans were excited and spirits were high before the puck dropped.

Sergei and Ilya Ovechkin, sons of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin, introduced the Great 8 during the pre-game introductions in Wednesday's home opening game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Capitals One Arena.

It’s not a huge surprise that with several new players this season, some new lines came about, and some of those lines are clicking fairly early in the season.

Boone! Three games into the season, the only new Washington Capitals player to score a goal was Alex Tuch, and he did it three times. On Friday, in Game

Despite the Caps' 5-3 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, Alex Ovechkin got his first of the season, and 930th career goal. He did so in the first

It was a game of ups and downs for the Capitals on Saturday. Despite outplaying the Sabres most of the game, it went into OT, where Alex Tuch scored his second of the game to give the Caps a 4-3 victory.