Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Thursday night for their sixth straight victory.

Early on, a quick shot by Martin Fehervary beat Kraken goalie Joey Daccord over the blocker. The goal was called back for offside, though, as John Carlson welcomed the blueliner to the island of Capitals defensemen with disallowed goals this season.

Getting back in there with the guys and being in the room again, I can’t overstate how much I love this team and how much I love the guys,” Lindgren said after Thursday’s game.

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson has emerged into one of the top players at his position during the 2024-25 NHL season.

The Washington Capitals and Logan Thompson have fit together perfectly this season. The team's improvement is largely due to the teams' stellar goaltending duo

A cheesy interruption during the Capitals game in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday night almost threatened Washington's win streak, which improved to five straight after a win over the Oilers.

The Capitals have “engaged more meaningfully” in extension talks with pending unrestricted free-agent goaltender Logan Thompson ’s camp recently, Pierre LeBrun of TSN and The Athletic reports Friday.

The Capitals have $3.65 million in available cap space, leaving them unable to absorb Nelson’s $6 million cap hit outright. According to Rosner, the Islanders "may be willing to retain some of his cap hit in any trade-deadline deal they make."

Aliaksei Protas, Ethen Frank and Alex Ovechkin scored as 20 proved to be the magic number, and Charlie Lindgren posted his first shutout of the season en route to a 3-0 win over Seattle. Here are all the takeaways from the win, which makes Washington the first team to hit the 70-point mark this season.

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Last night though, Lindgren returned for his first start since going on injured reserve, and delivered a 3-0 shutout of the Seattle Kraken on the road at Climate Pledge Arena. So naturally, the team had to celebrate with a singalong of Lindgren’s Michisota Boys cover of “Talladega” in the locker room after the victory.