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

Ovechkin is now 23 shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that many NHL observers thought would stand as one of the game's most unbreakable records.

Alex Ovechkin scored the fifth goal in a 7-4 win to get No. 872 and move 23 back of breaking Gretzky’s record of 894 that ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres play the Washington Capitals as losers of three straight games. Buffalo has a 14-21-5 record overall and a 7-10-3 record on its home ice. The Sabres are 3-5-4 in ...

He was at the net-front, kind of getting into it a little bit with (Alexander) Ovechkin, and then he’s at the net-front, then ...

The Sabres (14-21-5) remained last in the Eastern Conference and finished their road trip 1-2-1. Buffalo was outshot in the ...

The 39-year-old snuck a backhanded shot past New York Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick to give Washington a 5-3 lead in what ...

GRAND FORKS — The NHL was in a bitter lockout 20 years ago, one that eventually led to the cancellation of the entire season.

The New York Rangers hit the road against the Washington Capitals looking to stop a three-game road losing streak.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Jaccob Slavin scored the go-ahead goal to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 3-1 on ...

Matt Boldy scored the lone goal of the shootout and Marc-Andre Fleury came up with a big save on Alexander Ovechkin's final ...