The Washington Capitals are fiddling with the lineup to try and help Alex Ovechkin break an all-time great scoring record.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game late ... He is 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record. Takeaways Canucks: Playing still without injured center Elias Pettersson, they were better defensively than ...

After breaking the 800-goal barrier during the 2022-23 season, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin now has his sights set on breaking Wayne ... Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois.

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record. Ovechkin has scored 872 goals in 1,451 games. He is just 23 goals away from breaking Gretzky's tally of 894 goals in 1,487 games.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of ... He is 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record. Canucks: Playing still without injured center Elias Pettersson ...

It wasn't the most exciting showdown between the Washington Capitals and Ottawa Senators, but instead, a goalie duel between rising starter Logan Thompson and rookie Leevi Meriläinen. Then, Alex Ovechkin did what he does best: steal the show.

The Capitals are shaking things up on the top-6, with Pierre-Luc Dubois replacing Dylan Strome as Alex Ovechkin's center. Connor McMichael and Tom Wilson will play between Strome, while Aliaksei Protas moves to that top line.

After an overtime win over Carolina, Ducks will try to slow one of NHL’s top teams and Ovechkin’s pursuit of Gretzky’s record.

When it comes to Alex Ovechin's play of late for the Washington Capitals, coach Spencer Carbery is cutting the captain some slack. Ovechkin has five goals in 10 games — two on the empty net — since making his return from a broken fibula just 40 days after the initial injury,

Ethen Frank added his second NHL goal as Washington won consecutive games for the first time since before the Christmas break.

The Washington Capitals have been working to right the ship and get back to their high-scoring ways from the start of the season, and though the team still has work to do, they have Ethen Frank to thank as they broke through for two big points against the Nashville Predators.

Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has scored goals against more unique goalies than any player in NHL history, passing Jaromir Jagr.