Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal as the visiting Washington Capitals nipped the slumping Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night.

“That’s going to be our focus.” Wotherspoon’s goal, delivering a 2-0 lead, was the first of his NHL career, some 10 years after he was selected by the Islanders in the 2015 draft. Peeke ...

Forward Jiri Kulich, returning from a lower-body injury for his first game since Jan. 6, skated 16:26 and tallied a game-high six shots on goal. Sabres goaltender Devon Levi made his first NHL ...

Jonathan Quick, who was in search of his 400th career NHL win, made 33 saves. SENATORS 2, DEVILS 1 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Artem Zub and Zack Ostapchuk each scored a goal and Anton Forsberg stopped ...

Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made history by becoming the first NHL goalie to record a goal and an assist in a game. He assisted Cody Glass’s second-period goal and later scored ...

Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist in a game during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres. “I’ve always enjoyed playing the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist, and made 40 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday night.

Ovi needs just 22 goals to overtake Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895. Not only is Ovechkin on pace to break the record, he’s also trending to do it ahead of ...

So what the season has lacked in clarity of contenders it has made up for with goal horns and scoreboard volatility. Which is nice. That established, here are 20 NHL awards and superlatives for ...

The referee called a penalty and awarded the Sabres a goal (the equivalent of a penalty shot when no goalie is on the ice). That helped the Sabres clinch a 4-2 win. Advertisement The strange part ...