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

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many ...

WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th NHL goal in the Washington Capitals 6-3 win against the Florida Panthers at ...

WASHINGTON -- Karel Vejmelka made 30 saves in relief, and the Utah Hockey Club recovered for a 5-4 shootout win against the ...

Ovechkin, who is 18 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky ’s all-time record (894), tied the score 4-4 at 12:21 of the third ...

Vejmelka made a sprawling stop on Jakob Chychrun in overtime, and the Caps went meekly in the shootout, failing to score on ...

Over the last 25 years, the NHL has only continued to get more skilled and more entertaining. Today, we're going to celebrate ...

Kraken centerman Chandler Stephenson appreciates every chance he gets to play in the presence of former Washington Capitals teammate Alex ... Ovechkin, and McDavid at 1-2-3. Four years ago, The ...

Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are nine games on the schedule for Thursday, ...