Of course, Alex Ovechkin wasn't leaving empty handed, and scored on an empty-netter for career goal No. 886. He is now nine ...

Adam Fantilli registered his second career hat trick and Mathieu Olivier and Dante Fabbro each added a goal and an assist as ...

It was Ovechkin’s league-leading eighth empty-netter of the season and 65th of his career, which is the most of any player in ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle ...

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals' 4-2 victory over the Seattle ...

Aleksander Barkov scored two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves as the Florida Panthers snapped the Tampa Bay Lightning ...

Alexander Ovechkin is nine goals away from toppling Wayne Gretzky’s career mark of 894, a record once considered unbreakable.

John Carlson stretched a feed to Connor McMichael at the Detroit line ... Wilson is now on the cusp of his first 30-goal season in the NHL. He has nine lamplighters in his last 11 games.

Connor McMichael played the puck into the slot off ... It was Ovechkin's 636th goal in a win, passing Gretzky (635) for the most in NHL history. It was his 32nd career game-tying goal in the ...

Connor McMichael scored and Logan Thompson made 33 saves in regulation and OT and was perfect in the shootout for his 26th victory of the season. Alex Ovechkin remains 10 goals from tying the NHL ...