Ovechkin beat fellow Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning with four minutes left in the third period after ...

The Capitals lost their third game in a row for the first time all season despite Ovechkin scoring his 884th career goal.

Alex Ovechkin scored the 884th goal of his NHL career on Saturday to move 10 away from tying Wayne Gretzky's record.

Now that Ovechkin is 12 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most career ... contests as they fight for their spots in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. The Blackhawks and Penguins ...

In fact, the Caps sniper is only 13 goals away from Wayne Gretzky's goal record ... are the Capitals far and away the top seed in the Eastern Conference, but they are also frontrunners for the ...

The 4 Nations Face-Off is over, and the hockey world will turn its attention next to the Stanley Cup Playoff races and Alex Ovechkin’s chase of Wayne ... first in the Eastern Conference.

The Great 8 is rapidly chasing down Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal ... leading Washington to a 38-12-8 record as the best team in the Eastern Conference. Without having suffered a broken ...

His second-period tallies extended the Washington Capitals' lead to 4-1, inching him ever closer to Hockey Hall of Famer and longtime Oiler Wayne ... spot in the Eastern Conference with firepower ...

The Capitals captain, who has 30 goals in 42 games this season, is 12 from passing Wayne Gretzky (894 ... the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of the Blue ...

Alex Ovechkin entered Tuesday 17 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's record for ... positioned to be the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, have 29 games remaining on their schedule.