Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal to move within four of breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record, helping the ...

Ovechkin had a chance to score his 892nd after the Bruins pulled goalie Jeremy Swayman for an extra attacker late in the game ...

Ovechkin gave Washington a 2-0 lead with about four minutes left in the first period, when the Capitals had a man advantage ...

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin is a hat trick away ... minutes left in the first period when John Carlson passed the puck toward the net and Dylan Strome redirected it across the crease.

The empty net was there for Ovechkin on Friday, wide open and waiting for the Washington Capitals forward to make history, for him to score goal No ... [Dylan Strome] ask me, 'Carly' [John Carlson ...

The Great One had 56 in his career and is No. 2 all-time after Ovechkin ... want to do it," Ovechkin told reporters. "(Dylan Strome) asked me, (John Carlson) asked me, everybody asked me, 'Do ...

But the Hawks fought tooth and nail against Ovechkin’s bid to make history, particularly goalie Spencer Knight, who refused to yield a record-breaking goal (and hat trick) to Ovechkin despite ...

The Capitals star got his first goal of the night on a one-timer with assists from Dylan Strome and John Carlson (video above ... break the record with a hat trick. He most certainly had his ...