Ovechkin caps off Russian win
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Alex Kovalev and Sergei Samsonov scored in the second period to lead Russia to a 5-2 victory over Slovakia on Sunday night, clinching second place in the North American pool at the World Cup of Hockey.
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Alexander Ovechkin didn't do much offensively, a common occurrence lately. Instead, it was the runner-up Russian who created a goal out of nothing, keeping the Pittsburgh Penguins' most successful stretch in 14 years going.
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Recovering from a loss to Canada the night before, Russia picked apart a weak Slovakian defense and picked up an easy 5-2 win on Sunday, concluding the preliminary round of the 2004 World Cup.
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Washington Capitals left-wing Alex Ovechkin has signed a new 13-year-contract, the NHL team said on Thursday.
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Pavel Datsyuk, Alex Kovalev, Sergei Samsonov, Alexei Yashin and Alexander Ovechkin scored to help Russia beat Slovakia 5-2 on Sunday night in the final preliminary game in the World Cup of Hockey.
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Mikhail Youzhny provided Russia with a home winner of the St Petersburg Open on Sunday as he dispatched Karol Beck of Slovakia in the final.
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Robert Esche and Rick DiPietro combined on a shutout, and John-Michael Liles arrived just in time to score a goal to lead the defending champion Americans to a 2-0 victory over Russia on Friday night in their final World Cup of Hockey exhibition game.
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Alex Ovechkin is doing his part again for the Washington Capitals. Here's what's different this season: The reigning rookie of the year is getting a lot more help.
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Alexander Ovechkin, the Team Russia winger and No. 1 overall draft pick of the Caps last June, suffered a shoulder injury while playing in the World Junior Hockey Championship title game.
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Patrick O'Sullivan scores the deciding goal in a shootout, Alexander Frolov and Derek Armstrong score 67 seconds apart in the first period, and the Kings beat the Stars, 4-3.
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The Capitals have a key division matchup Saturday against Atlanta, but all anyone wants to discuss is Alex Ovechkin's latest performance, when he racked up five points.
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Patrick O'Sullivan scored the deciding goal in a shootout, Alexander Frolov and Derek Armstrong scored 67 seconds apart in the first period, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Saturday.
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Nikolay Davydenko beat Britain&#39;s Greg Rusedski 3-6 6-3 7-5 in a tightly-contested Kremlin Cup final to win his first Moscow title on Sunday.
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Alex Ovechkin scores with 1 minute 21 seconds remaining to help the Capitals earn one point, but Washington falls to Atlanta, 3-2 in a shootout.
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Alex Ovechkin scored his third goal of the game six seconds into overtime to power the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Thrashers in Atlanta last night.
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The Capitals' top pick in last April's draft, Alexander Ovechkin, scores to help Russia down Slovakia, 5-2, on Sunday night.
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With Alex Ovechkin around, the Washington Capitals figured it couldn't be too long before their scoring problems would fade away.