Jakob Chychrun scored two of Washington's five second-period goals and the visiting Capitals routed the Pittsburgh Penguins 8 ...

The Penguins played pretty well for 30 minutes, and then the bottom fell out as they were embarrassed in an 8-3 loss against Washington.

Some people are going to have to accept this is the reality of the situation. Evgeni Malkin will be making his return to the lineup so even if Crosby is unable to go we will have at least one hall of ...

Chychrun beat Alex Nedeljokvic twice in less than four minutes to break open a tie game. Aliaksei Protas and Tom Wilson pushed Washington's lead to 6-2 by the end of the period as the Metropolitan ...

Ovechkin is on the verge of becoming the NHL's all-time goals leader, and he can pass Gretzky's mark of 894 before the end of ...

The two superstars will meet for the 72nd time in the regular season Saturday as Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky's career ...

Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain has 26 goals this season, with 26 games left.

Yet Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin is closing in on that Gretzky record. The Capitals drafted him with the first overall pick ...

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin is inching closer to an NHL scoring record that many thought was unbreakable. The 39-year-old Ovechkin is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's ...