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Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record with 28 games left in the ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne ...

Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are nine games on the schedule for Thursday, ...

Despite coming off of back-to-back first-round playoff exits, the Tampa Bay Lightning cannot be slept on. With 62 points in 53 games, the Lightning are six points back of the Toronto Maple Leafs (68 ...

Washington Capitals) to go along with a 3-2 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes and a 6-2 setback in the opener at the St. Louis Blues. Anaheim won 4-1 on Jan. 5 in the Lightning's ...

With the Ottawa Senators expected to have star netminder Linus Ullmark return between the pipes and Tampa Bay trending toward low-scoring affairs, we're zeroing in on the total for tonight’s contest ...