Alex Ovechkin wants the Capitals to be competitive if he is to come back for another season or two, Elliotte Friedman speculated this week.

Per general manager Chris Patrick, the Capitals' pending free agents, including Brandon Duhaime, have a desire to re-sign. Alex Ovechkin, meanwhile, continues to ponder his NHL future. "They all have interest in coming back, for sure," Patrick said. "We're still kind of early in our process here in the offseason."

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin addressed the mounting retirement speculation after the team's 2025-26 season ended.

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Alex Ovechkin’s decision on whether to return for a 22nd season is the biggest loose end facing Washington general manager Chris Patrick and president of hockey operations Brian MacLellan as they look ahead to 2026-27.

A more concrete timeline for his return to play will be determined based on how he progresses, but the typical recovery is six to nine months, the team announced on Thursday. If Sandin's recovery takes the maximum amount of time, he would be back at some point in January.

The Washington Capitals failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2023. The Capitals (42-30-9, 93 points) were eliminated from contention when the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in a shootout Monday.

A look at the Washington Capitals' 2026 NHL Draft outlook, including lottery odds, draft picks and their 2025 draft class.

Jamie Drysdale scored on the power play to snap a 20-game streak without a goal, Dan Vladar made 26 saves, and the Philadelphia Flyers ended a four-game losing streak by beating the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Tuesday night. Drysdale one-timed a pass from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — JJ Peterka scored in the second period on a bizarre bounce, and the Utah Mammoth beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Tuesday night. Dylan Guenther and Mikhail Sergachev scored for the Mammoth, who took an early 2-0 lead and held off the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — John Carlson's picture was still on a banner hanging over a garage outside the Washington Capitals' practice facility. Inside, emotions were fresh — hours after the team had traded the veteran defenseman. “It’s obviously a sad day ...

Though he got to stay in the lineup amid injuries to Pierre-Luc Dubois and others, Lapierre struggled to find consistency, though he started to get back to his game and show flashes of his potential in the second part of the campaign while getting some chances to play in the top-6.