Washington blows a pair of leads in a 4-3 loss even as Alex Ovechkin pulls within 24 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s hallowed goals record. The Minnesota Wild has had the Washington Capitals’ number over the past three seasons, and that run continued Thursday night at Capital One Arena — with this latest chapter ending in a shootout.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.

Alex Ovechkin moved another step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record by scoring on Marc-Andre Fleury again.

The Great Eight is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894, which Gretzky reached on March 29, 1999, against the New York Islanders. Ovechkin began this season with 853 career goals.

Alex Ovechkin has had a long history with Marc-Andre Fleury. The two played each other again on Thursday night.

Alex Ovechkin’s record chase is back on. His empty-net goal for the Washington Capitals in Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs wasn’t the most challenging goal among the 869 he’s scored in the NHL,

NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin is 25 goals short of Wayne Gretzky's record after two goals this weekend for the Washington Capitals.

Marc-Andre Fleury, who has given up the most goals among all NHL goalies to Alex Ovechkin during his chase to Wayne Gretzky’s goals record, got the last laugh. Sure, Ovechkin scored a power-play goal,

The Washington Capitals were ultimately felled by the Minnesota Wild in Thursday night’s game at Capital One Arena, a 4-3 final score in the shootout. Matt Boldy scored the only goal during the extra session,