Ovechkin remains committed to the Capitals through 2025-26, but what about when he contract expires at the end of the season? According to a source close to Ovechkin, the NHL’s

The Washington Capitals knocked down reports that next year will be all-time leading goal scorer Alexander Ovechkin’s last in the NHL, saying no decision has been made on the Russian’s future.

An email, sent from a person working in the corporate sales department, “mistakenly alluded to next year being Alex Ovechkin’s final year,” the Capitals said in a statement posted to X.