Rather than ice a roster merely helping Ovi break Gretzky's record, the Caps have been one of the NHL's best. Here's how they threaded the needle.

Edmonton will be without McDavid, its captain and seven-time All-Star, who was suspended for three games for crosschecking ...

Ethen Frank added his second NHL goal as Washington won consecutive games for the first time since before the Christmas break ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record ... Connor McMichael and Aliaksei Protas also scored against Jonathan ...

Wednesday’s game will be the 40th of the season for the Vancouver Canucks, and they are in Washington to face Alex Ovechkin ...

Alex Tuch scored twice, JJ Peterka had the deciding goal in the shootout and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Washington ...

Peterka's 23:37 of ice time was the most that he's played in his 200 NHL games. The winger totaled five shots on goal with ...

Tom Wilson scored twice, Aliaksei Protas added a goal and an assist, and Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves for the Capitals. Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was kept off the scoresheet. He needs 23 goals ...

JJ Peterka had a goal and an assist in regulation before scoring the game-winning marker in a shootout to lead the Buffalo Sabres past the visiting Washington Capitals, 4-3, on Monday night.

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Tom Wilson scored twice, Aliaksei Protas added a goal and ... He needs 23 goals to pass Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal scoring record of 894.

He sits just 23 away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history. - Pierre-Luc Dubois has points in eight of his last nine outings. - Aliaksei Protas has three goals in his last ...