VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of ...

Alex Ovechkin's wrist shot finds the net to pad the Capitals' lead vs. the Blues and creep ever closer towards Gretzky's scoring record. Alex Ovechkin nets 862nd goal Ovechkin scored his eighth ...

OTTAWA --Alex Ovechkin scored his 876th NHL goal and the ... lifting a rebound over Anton Forsberg’s outstretched right pad at the edge of the crease to make it 4-4 at 14:31.

The Washington Capitals’ star is just 17 goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, thanks in large part to an avalanche of goals scored into an empty net.

The Capitals pulled away with a backhand shot from Andrew Mangiapane that squirted through Saros' pads to extend the lead to 3-1. With Saros pulled for the extra attacker, Ovechkin scored into ...

The countdown is on with Alex ... separate Ovechkin and Gretzky, but like any other sport, hockey equipment evolved during these four-plus decades. Consider how different goalies' pads and mitts ...

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals ...