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 ...

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 ... Lankinen got his elbow into the puck’s path ...

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 ...

If Alex Ovechkin was going to shatter Wayne ... He didn't want to be someone the team "trotted out on the power play" just to pad his goal totals, according to Leonsis. Most of all, he didn ...

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin ... got his elbow into the puck’s path, sending it up into ...

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 ...

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 ...

January 5 - Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists, Alex Ovechkin ... a goal, Ovechkin backhanded a loose puck at the front of the net off a faceoff under Jonathan Quick's right pad to make ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 877 goals and needs 18 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 ...