Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Leon Draisaitl scored his first career playoff overtime goal to cap a four-point night in what was a thrilling multi-goal, ...

Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson laid a thunderous bodycheck on Montreal Canadiens blue liner Alexandre Carrier, eliciting a rowdy response from NHL analyst Paul Bissonette.

The Montreal Canadiens suffered a crushing 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Washington Capitals in Game 4 of their opening-round series in the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs on Sunday night at the Bell Centr ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal record Friday night with two scores against the Chicago Blackhawks. "The Great One" was in the building, with ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals ...

He has racked up nine goal-scoring titles and passed Wayne Gretzky's 894, a record once thought to be unbreakable. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. He scored in Game No ...

He has racked up nine goal-scoring titles and passed Wayne Gretzky's 894, a record once thought to be unbreakable. He scored twice on Friday to tie the record and ripped a power-play shot past New ...

If the answer is “no,” that’s OK. Montreal nearly backed its way into the playoffs and the Washington Capitals hit a rough ...

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens each believe they have room to improve heading into Game 2 ...

Tom Wilson laid out Guhle. Andrew Mangiapane sucker-punched Hutson and came out of it with a Washington power play — leading ...