Ovechkin registered three assists (one on the power play), four shots on goal and three hits in Sunday's 5-4 shootout loss to Utah.

Game by game, Alex Ovechkin is chipping away at Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goal-scoring record. Now with 879 career goals, ...

The Capitals’ captain — who is now 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record of 894 — collided with Jack ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Washington Capitals' win over the Florida Panthers on ...

Lankinen got his elbow into the puck’s path, sending it up into the netting. On Thursday night, Ovechkin scored an empty-netter for his 875th NHL goal. Gretzky had 894. Canucks: Coach Rick ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Thursday night ...

Kraken goalie Joey Daccord, in his 100th career NHL game, stopped the first 20 shots he faced but eventually ceded some goals in a loss to a No. 1 overall Washington Capitals team ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Thursday night ...

There’s no question about it,” said Kraken coach Dan Bylsma, who saw Ovechkin frequently and up close while coaching the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2009-14. “It looks like he’s going to get ...

The Capitals went on to defeat the Edmonton 3-2 on Monday night as Ovechkin remains 21 goals shy of passing Gretzky's record. After putting up how lowest offensive production in a non-shortened ...