Alex Ovechkin scored an arena-rocking hat trick and got the assist on Mike Knuble's winning goal in overtime, while the Capitals kept up their pursuit of NHL history with a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Full story | Video highlights
Looking at the best rivalries of the past and present including Crosby vs. Ovechkin.
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick and got the assist on the winning goal in overtime Sunday, while the Capitals kept up their pursuit of NHL history with a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Washington's 14-game win streak is now the third longest ever.
Sidney Crosby scored in regulation and the shootout and the Penguins overcame Jimmy Howard's second successive 46-save game to beat the Red Wings 2-1 on Sunday in the rivals' first game since Pittsburgh won Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals in Detroit.
Matt Cooke and Sergei Gonchar scored power-play goals to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.
Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp scored in the shootout to give Chicago a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday.
The Boston Bruins made the Winter Classic live up to its hype with a thrilling comeback at Fenway Park, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Marco Sturm’s overtime goal.
Defending champions score five straight goals in Classic at Wrigley Field
Sidney Crosby skated through the snow to give the Pens a 2-1 win over the Sabres in an outdoor thriller.
Max Talbot surprise Game 7 star as Pittsburgh wins third title, first since 1992 despite knee injury to Sidney Crosby; Evgeni Malkin captures Conn Smythe Trophy.
Home team prevails again as Pittsburgh sets up winner-take-all game with 2-1 victory.
Pvael Datsyuk returns as power play clicks in 5-0 rout; Detroit leads Pittsburgh 3-2 in Stanley Cup finals.
Valtteri Filppula and Jonathan Ericsson scored in the second period and the resilient Detroit Red Wings opened a two-game lead over Pittsburgh in the Stanley Cup finals for the second year in a row, winning 3-1 in Game 2 on Sunday night.
Detroit takes first step toward repeat with 3-1 win in Game 1 of rematch.
