with the final brawl in the trilogy -- which involved Washington center Connor McMichael and Carolina ... putting him only two away from tying Wayne Gretzky's all-time record.

893 and 894 of his illustrious career, to match Wayne Gretzky’s total of 894 ... a puck in the paint across the goal line after a Connor McMichael shot trickled through Knight’s five-hole.

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals, 5-1, on Wednesday night in a game in which Capitals star Alex Ovechkin inched closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record with his 892nd ...

The score was tied after the second period, and Washington needed a goal from Connor McMichael late in the ... Ovechkin spent this season chasing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record.

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL ... as the greatest goal scorer of all time.” Connor McMichael scored his fourth goal in nine games ...

Connor McMichael played hero this time ... He is now nine away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most in NHL history. It also marked career point No. 1,600. Tom Wilson also made quite the ...

His 17th of the season was assisted by Jakob Chychrun and Connor McMichael. Alex Ovechkin is now 25 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time record of 894 goals. In his first game back ...

The lone bright spot for Washington was captain Alex Ovechkin scoring the 892nd goal of his career late in the second period, leaving him a hat trick away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL ...

With two goals Friday night, he has tied Wayne Gretzky at 894 ... Martin Fehervary jammed a rebound goal home off a Connor McMichael shot, but Blackhawks forward Philipp Kurashev found the ...

Alex Ovechkin's chase for the NHL goal record was overshadowed when Jalen Chatfield's takedown of Connor McMichael during ... creeping closer to surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s long-standing record.

The Athletic has live coverage of Alex Ovechkin’s journey to break Wayne Gretzky’s career ... and Jalen Chatfield’s takedown of Connor McMichael), seven 10-minute misconducts (three for ...