Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists, Alex Ovechkin added his 872nd career goal and the Washington Capitals earned a 7-4 ...

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has now moved within 23 goals of catching Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history.

The Capitals have been playing well, with a 5-4-1 record in their last 10 games. They'll visit the KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Monday night.

WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd NHL goal, moving within 23 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, to help the Washington Capitals to a 7-4 win against the New York Rangers at ...

Ovechkin has four goals in five games since returning from missing the previous 16 because of a broken left leg.

Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists, Alex Ovechkin added his 872nd career goal and the Washington Capitals earned a 7-4 victory against the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd ... Connor McMichael and Aliaksei Protas also scored against Jonathan Quick, who remains stuck on 399 career wins. Tom Wilson sealed it with an ...

Down 1-0 in the first, the Capitals headed to a much-needed ... the front and sneaking a feed from Strome past Jonathan Quick to make it 4-2. Washington went 2-for-4 on the night and has power ...

WASHINGTON (AP ... Connor McMichael and Aliaksei Protas also scored against Jonathan Quick, who remains stuck on 399 career wins. Tom Wilson sealed it with an empty-netter with 37.5 seconds ...

WASHINGTON — When you are in the kind of hole that the Rangers have been in for the past month-and-a-half, playing well is not enough to guarantee winning. And even when you play well for a few ...

The New York Rangers dropped a divisional matchup with the Washington Capitals 7-4 on ... New York cannot afford many subpar games from Jonathan Quick.