After a rough go of it in Los Angeles, Washington came out of the gate in San Jose hungry to bounce back, and they did that — and then some — as Alex Ovechkin, Trevor van Riemsdyk and more ...

As Washington Capitals defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk drove the puck to the net ... be allowed to coach against Oklahoma in Week 2. Trent Alexander-Arnold said he'll always be a Liverpool fan ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th career goal on Thursday, moving within seven goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894, in the Capitals' 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Ovechkin chases Gretzky (John McDonnell ... timer from the right circle off a feed from his defense partner, Trevor van Riemsdyk. Late in the period, Thompson robbed William Nylander with his ...

Donnovan Bennett takes a closer look at the career of Washington Capitals icon Alexander Ovechkin ... things are going well,” defenceman Trevor van Riemsdyk said. “It happened at a perfect ...

Ovechkin also had an assist on Dylan Strome's game-opening goal to help Washington win for the sixth time in seven games. Aliaksei Protas, Taylor Raddysh and Trevor van Riemsdyk also scored for ...

Washington's Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal in an away ... (8), Alexey Protas (18), Taylor Reddish (19) and Trevor van Riemsdyk (47) also scored for the winners.

Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is set to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL regular season goal record of 894 - but how has he managed to get close to that total? READ MORE: Fossier helping ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal Saturday to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and the Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1.