Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night.

Alexander Ovechkin scores an empty-netter with 0. ... assisted by Trevor van Riemsdyk and Jakob Chychrun. Alex Ovechkin scores in the third period and is now 20 goals away from passing Wayne ...

Tuesday night at Capital One Arena in Washington saw a battle between the two top teams in the Eastern Conference, the ...

The 4 Nations Face-Off break is finally here. The NHL regular season will be paused until February 22. This week’s snapshot ...

With Washington back in front, Charlie Lindgren had to come up with some key stops, and he did just that, flashing the glove ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

Alex Ovechkin continued his chase of Wayne Gretzky, Jakob Chychrun had the game-winning goal and an assist and Charlie Lindgren came up big when he had to en route to a 4-3 win. Here are all the ...

Alexander Ovechkin is on one of his trademark heaters. The Washington Capitals captain scored his fourth goal in as many games with a first-period tally to tie things up 1-1 with the Philadelphia ...

Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin scored his 25th goal of the season Tuesday night on an empty-net shot in the closing second of the team's 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers.