WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin scored his 871st NHL goal, moving within 24 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, but the Washington Capitals lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Minnesota Wild at ...

Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist to move into second place on the Edmonton Oilers’ all-time points list in a 5-3 win against the Minnesota ... in 754 games). Wayne Gretzky is the ...

Washington's Alex Ovechkin celebrates a goal that got him closer to Wayne Gretzky and added to his long list of successes against the Wild. (Nick Wass) Then after a Wilson tip was disallowed for ...

McDavid had two goals and an assist in the Edmonton Oilers' 5-3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday ... his 10-year career and trails only Wayne Gretzky on the franchise list.

Matt Boldy scored the shootout winner and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday night after Alex Ovechkin moved one step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL ...

Matt Boldy scored in the second round of the shootout to lift the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 ... which is 24 shy of breaking Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Fleury ...

McDavid had two goals and an assist in the Edmonton Oilers' 5-3 win against the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night ... now has 1,044 points in his 10-year career and trails only Wayne Gretzky on the ...