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

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 ...

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.

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also one of just two ...

(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 ...

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 ...

In a battle against one of the top clubs in the NHL this season, the Flames fell 3-1 to the visiting Washington Capitals ...

Ovechkin took a pass from Rasmus ... Sandin on a two-on-one and beat Senators goalie Leevi Merilainen for the 874th goal of his NHL career. Washington’s captain was 21 goals away from breaking ...