Of course, Alex Ovechkin wasn't leaving empty handed, and scored on an empty-netter for career goal No. 886. He is now nine ...

Adam Fantilli registered his second career hat trick and Mathieu Olivier and Dante Fabbro each added a goal and an assist as ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle ...

It was Ovechkin’s league-leading eighth empty-netter of the season and 65th of his career, which is the most of any player in ...

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

Adam Fantilli scored three goals for his second career hat trick, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 7-3 ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals' 4-2 victory over the Seattle ...

Capitals have been performing well above expectations all season and are likely to add depth forwards by March 7 trade ...

Former NHL coach Bruce Boudreau believes the Washington ... pointed out improvements in players like Aliaksei Protas and Connor McMichael. "They're big, they're strong. They got a lot of no ...

Connor McMichael played the puck into the slot off ... It was Ovechkin's 636th goal in a win, passing Gretzky (635) for the most in NHL history. It was his 32nd career game-tying goal in the ...

Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist for the ... and remains 12 goals from passing Wayne Gretzky (894) for the NHL all-time record with 23 games remaining in the regular season.