Dylan Strome, typically a man of many words, needed just a few to sum up the Washington Capitals’ win over the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon at Capital One Arena.

Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists, Alex Ovechkin added his 872nd career goal and the Washington Capitals earned a 7-4 victory against the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and the Washington Capitals beat the struggling New York Rangers 7-4 Saturday.

Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists ... as Ovechkin inched closer to Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals. Chris Kreider, Sam Carrick, Filip Chytil and Mika Zibanejad scored goals for ...

The Capitals have been playing well, with a 5-4-1 record in their last 10 games. They'll visit the KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Monday night.

Well, we all need to catch our breath after Saturday's 7-4 win by your Washington Capitals over the New York Rangers. Unfortunately, I used up my 'wild' pun in writing about Thursday's game but this game was far more qualified for that title.

WASHINGTON — Penalties have piled up for the Rangers in recent games, and it’s beginning to cost them greatly. Aside from the win over the Bruins on Thursday, the Rangers have been charged with at least eight penalty minutes in each of the past eight games, including six straight with 10 or more.

Dylan Strome, Lars Eller, Andrew Mangiapane ... and Logan Thompson made 28 saves to compensate for giving the puck away to Chris Kreider for his goal into a wide-open net. Sam Carrick also got a goal off a turnover by Ovechkin and Filip Chytil and Mika ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and the Washington Capitals beat the struggling New York Rangers 7-4 Saturday.

Michigan State's Trey Augustine made 26 saves as the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night.

The Rangers had come into Washington having stopped a four-game losing streak Thursday in Madison Square Garden against Boston. But they couldn’t build on it, and with the loss, the Rangers (17-20-1) have now failed to win consecutive games since they won three straight from Nov. 14-19.

For most of the last five weeks, the Caps have been engaged in low-scoring, tight-checking contests. But on Saturday afternoon against the New York Rangers at Capital One Arena, the Caps turned the clock back to their high-scoring ways of October and November,