At this point, taking extreme caution with Sorokin, who already has played in 59 games, is the logical thing to do, even if the Islanders’ elimination from the playoff race isn’t yet official.

Sorokin (lower body) has been ruled out for Thursday's home game against the Rangers, NHL.com reports.

Absent from practice Thursday ...

Gretzky scored 894 goals in 1,487 career games. Today, in his own 1,487th career contest, the Great Eight delivered No. 895.

Ovechkin addressed his fellow Russian during his on-ice celebration speech, saying, “Ilya Sorokin, thank you for letting me ...

Isles win second straight, Marc Gatcomb records first career multi-goal game and Alexander Ovechkin becomes the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer ...

The Capitals, truth be told, had looked a little preoccupied with the record, perhaps to the point that it allowed the ...