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

(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) Ottawa Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg (31) watches the puck as Washington Capitals' Rasmus Sandin ... goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record, and the Washington Capitals defeated the defending ...

Wolf made a heads-up stop not long after on Alex Ovechkin, who was in search of goal 876 as he tries to chase down Wayne Gretzky’s ... across the crease after Rasmus Sandin blew a wheel, but ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Alex Ovechkin got one step closer to Wayne Gretzky and made more ... The 39-year-old winger took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on a 2-on-1 breakaway and fired it past rookie ...

The Capitals will close out their first half of the year with one last game before the 4 Nations break, this time against ...

The Capitals take things on the road one last time ahead of the 4 Nations break, this time against the Flyers.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 874th goal to win the game, closing the gap on Wayne Gretzky’s record ... be thinking maybe I will pass it back to [Rasmus Sandin],” Ovechkin told reporters.

NHL star Alex Ovechkin picked up another record on Thursday night as he moved closer to replacing Wayne Gretzky as the league ... which came from a Rasmus Sandin pass following a 2-on-1 breakaway ...