Ovechkin scored a goal against Los Angeles on Monday, his sixth of the season. It also served as the game-winning goal, as Washington skated to a hard-fought 2-1 win at Capital One Arena in Washington ...

The Los Angeles Kings opened a six-game road trip with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh struck first midway through the opening ...

Gordie Howe made his last NHL goal a family affair. Three days after scoring his 801st and final regular-season goal, Howe scored his last of his 68 Stanley Cup Playoff goals. It came on April 9, 1980 ...

1927 — Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to capture the PGA Championship for the fourth consecutive year and fifth overall. 1955 — Montreal’s Jean Beliveau scores the second fastest hat trick in NHL ...

1933 — Montreal’s Howie Morenz scores his 251st goal to become the NHL’s career goal-scoring leader. Morenz’s goal caps the Canadiens’ 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. 1951 — Norm Van ...

DENVER (AP) — Josh Manson treated his father to quite a show and joined him in the exclusive Gordie Howe hat trick club. The Colorado Avalanche defenseman had two goals, two assists and a fight in an ...

DETROIT -- Gordie Howe, the rough-and-tumble Canadian farm boy whose blend of boundless talent and toughness made him the NHL's quintessential star during a career that lasted into his 50s, has died.

He was 52 years and eight days old, a human marvel who wasn't merely playing in the world's greatest hockey league, but producing at an impressive rate. And on April 6, 1980, at the Hartford Civic ...