Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal, moving 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers 7-4, with Ovechkin proving his continued dominance despite a recent injury.
The Washington Capitals are in the midst of a stretch in which they play five of six games at home. That away game is Monday night, Jan. 6, when they travel to the KeyBank Center in Buffalo to play the Sabres. The game will start at 7 p.m. ET and will air on the NHL Network. You can live stream it on Washington (26-10-3, in the Metropolitan Division) is excelling on the road this season, with a record of 13-6-0.
The Capitals are coming off a 7-4 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday as Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. Dylan Strome, Lars Eller, Andrew Mangiapane, Connor McMichael and Aliaksei Protas also scored against Jonathan Quick, who remains stuck on 399 career wins. Tom Wilson sealed it with an empty-netter with 37.5 seconds left, and Logan Thompson made 28 saves to compensate for giving the puck away to Chris Kreider for his goal into a wide-open net. Ovechkin has four goals in five games since returning from missing the previous 16 because of a broken left leg. The 39-year-old has 19 goals this season and is on pace to pass Gretzky’s mark of 894 this spring. Ovechkin is one away from reaching 20 goals in all 20 of his seasons in the league. The broken left fibula paused the Gretzky chase, but the 39-year-old has returned with a vengeance. “To be honest with you, I feel every game better — touches, skating-wise,' Ovechkin said. “I’ll take it.” Said teammate Connor McMichael: “It’s incredible. Ever since I was a kid, I grew up watching him do all these amazing things, and now to have a front-row seat to him doing something really special has been awesom
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