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

PHILADELPHIA — Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 879 ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

How many career goals does Alex Ovechkin have? Ovechkin has 879 career goals. How many goals does Alex Ovechkin need to pass Wayne Gretzky? Ovechkin needs 16 goals to break Gretzk ...

Ovechkin scored on a one-timer from the inside edge of the right face-off circle at 19:07 of the first period to move within 16 goals of passing Wayne Gretzky 's NHL record of 894. Ovechkin has scored ...

Matvei Michkov scored twice for Philadelphia -- and he nearly completed his first career hat trick with a "Michigan-style" goal early in the third period, only for Washington's Charlie Lindgren to ...

Head coach Spencer Carbery defended his tactic of throwing out the team's best goal scorer when, typically, teams are looking ...

In their most recent games, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers experienced a whirlwind of emotions in -- of all moments -- the final second.

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