Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night.

Matthews can leave Sittler behind on the scoring list, and he’s already passed every Leaf but Mats Sundin, but he has no Sittler signature moments on his resume to date — not the Canada Cup-winning ...

Alexander Ovechkin scores an empty-netter with 0. ... assisted by Trevor van Riemsdyk and Jakob Chychrun. Alex Ovechkin scores in the third period and is now 20 goals away from passing Wayne ...

Jakob Chychrun on the flank to his right and Alex Ovechkin on the flank to Carlson’s left. (Ovechkin has two and Chychrun has one of Washington’s other three goals at 5-on-3 this season.) ...

He withstood a stick lift by Jakob Chychrun and finished on his ... Just when everyone thought the game was over, Alexander Ovechkin got a chance with the empty net and, from the redline, scored ...

Washington went bold this summer following the purchase of CapFriendly and added Jakob Chychrun ... The great chase for Alexander Ovechkin continues as he is 21 goals away from Gretzky’s ...

The highlight of the period had to be one beautiful stop by Leevi Meriläinen on Jakob Chychrun, which had the crowd ... he couldn't possible have stopped this perfectly placed shot by Alexander ...