Kraken coach Dan Bylsma had hoped to avoid seeing another Ovechkin goal, saying before the game, “You fear his shot any time he gets the puck on his stick, and I don’t need to see it tonight.” Bylsma had seen … Read More
CNN — Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an empty-net goal in the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. Late in the third … Read More
NEW YORK — Alex Ovechkin scored his 885th career goal midway through the third period of the Washington Capitals’ 3-2 overtime win over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night, moving nine away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. The … Read More
The Washington Capitals wanted lots of goals and a decisive win against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. Instead they got a muddled affair, with fights and blood and turnovers and soft calls and no-calls – and, of course, … Read More
Paulina Gretzky was having a great time in Nashville. While husband and LIV Golf star Dustin Johnson is about to tee off at LIV Golf Hong Kong, the 36-year-old model and mother of their two children, Tatum, 10, and River, … Read More
Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are six games on the schedule for Monday, including one nationally televised in the United States and one in Canada. Games of the … Read More
After Wayne Gretzky gave him some advice Saturday night, Max Domi went to bat for No. 99 following a drought-busting goal on Sunday. The Toronto Maple Leafs forward opened the scoring in a 6-5 overtime win over the Pittsburgh Penguins … Read More