The Great Eight is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894, which Gretzky reached on ...

Daccord kept things alive to where Oliver Bjorkstrand nearly got the Kraken right back in it with 13 seconds to go in the ...

When Brendan Morrison played for the Washington Capitals in 2009-10, he was amazed by the goal-scoring prowess of a young ...

As Alex Ovechkin chases down Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record, the Edmonton Oilers made quite a gesture toward the ...

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored an empty net goal in the third period against the Nashville Predators to bring him within 21 goals of Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record.

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The Washington Capitals are switching up the lineup Tuesday for Alexander Ovechkin. Ovechkin is expected to share ice time with Pierre-Luc Dubois, per NHL.com, rather than Dylan Strome. It would ...

Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome ... operating with Trevor van Riemsdyk while Martin Fehervary and Matt Roy make up a shutdown defensive pairing. In goal, Logan Thompson and Hunter Shepard worked ...

Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin remains 23 goals shy of passing ... I thought we had the puck a lot, and then to give up the first [goal] kind of stung us a bit, and to give up one 16 seconds ...

Ovechkin scored his team's fifth goal in Saturday's 7-4 win over the New York Rangers to push his career total to 872. He is now 23 shy of breaking Gretzky's mark of 894 that many NHL observers ...

it’s a great kind of feeling and I think it pumps up everyone on our bench.” Laviolette, who coached Washington from 2021-23, praised Ovechkin’s shot as being the best in the world but ...

it’s a great kind of feeling and I think it pumps up everyone on our bench.” Laviolette, who coached Washington from 2021-23, praised Ovechkin’s shot as being the best in the world but ...