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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Ovechkin met with Bondra’s grandson before practice and stopped to take photos with the young fan and give him the gift. Bondra’s grandson, wearing his grandfather’s No. 12 Capitals jersey, wasted no ...

OTTAWA -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 876th NHL goal and the Washington Capitals lost 5-4 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators at ...

Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 shots in relief of injured goalie Connor Ingram, plus all three shots in the shootout, and Nick Schmaltz scored the lone shootout goal as Utah shook off a third-period rally ...

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, ...

SEATTLE -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 875th career goal and 22nd of the season, and the Washington Capitals pushed their win ...