Ovechkin beat Calvin Pickard clean with a wrist shot just before the midway mark of the second period off a pass from linemate Dylan Strome for his first of the game. He got his second on the power play 10 minutes later and put the puck into an empty net ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin fired a perfect wrist shot past Calvin Pickard for his first goal of the ... “He truly is the best.” Linemate Dylan Strome, who has assisted on 16 of Ovechkin's 29 goals this season, acknowledged “it's going to ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday,

Alex Ovechkin continued his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record with his 32nd career hat trick as the Washington Capitals cruised to a 7-3 victory over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Sunday afternoon.

Ovechkin tied Jaromir Jagr’s record with 135 game-winning goals, and the 32nd hat trick of his 20-year NHL career moved him into a tie for fifth with Phil Esposito.

Adam Fox scored the go-ahead goal at 11:26 of the third period, J.T. Miller had two goals and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Sunday. Will Cuylle scored on the power play and Jimmy Vesey added his 100th NHL goal for the Rangers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin fired a perfect wrist shot past Calvin Pickard for his first ... “He truly is the best.” Linemate Dylan Strome, who has assisted on 16 of Ovechkin's 29 ...