DETROIT -- Cam Talbot made 32 saves, and the Detroit Red Wings held off the Florida Panthers for a 2-1 win on Sunday at Little Caesars Arena. Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher scored for the Red Wings (36-33-7), who have points in four straight games (3-0-1).

Kraken draft choices are prospering in the testing ground of the Western Hockey League playoffs, including monster games from Berkly Catton and Kaden Hammell

BUFFALO -- Tage Thompson had a hat trick for the Buffalo Sabres in a 6-3 win against the Boston Bruins at KeyBank Center on Sunday. Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist for the Sabres (34-36-6), who have won four in a row. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves.

Wilson has spent nearly a dozen years as teammates with Ovechkin on the Washington Capitals. They've played 780 regular-season games together. They won a Stanley Cup championship together in 2018.

BOSTON -- David Pastrnak had a hat trick and two assists, and the Boston Bruins ended a 10-game losing streak with a 5-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Garden on Saturday.

Alex Ovechkin made a habit of collecting Tony Harris’ paintings of him during his climb up the NHL goals list. So, it seemed fitting that Ovechkin received another after the Washington Capitals left wing scored his NHL record-breaking 895th goal against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Sunday.

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets by a score of 4-0 on Sunday night. Scoring for the Senators were Adam Gaudette, David Perron, Shane Pinto and Nikolas Matinpalo, while Linus Ullmark made 30 saves for the shutout.

By the time Ovechkin finished his debut season, he had scored 52 goals among his 106 points, running away with the Calder Trophy given to the NHL’s rookie of the year – he received 124 of 129 first-place votes to beat out Sidney Crosby, who had his own 102-point campaign – and finishing sixth in the Hart Trophy voting for MVP.

An interview with the Washington Capitals captain from 2016 resurfaced where Ovechkin calls breaking Wayne Gretzky 's NHL goals record of 894 "impossible." Sportsnet shared the clip on social media after Ovechkin scored from the top of the left circle against the New York Islanders on Sunday for NHL goal No. 895.

ELMONT, NY – Washington Capitals fan Brad Victor woke up and decided to witness history. Victor, originally from D.C. but currently lives in Ohio, woke up at 7:15 a.m. on Sunday and saw a drop in ticket prices for the matinee between the Capitals and New York Islanders.

SUNRISE, Fla. - The Florida Panthers announced today that 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs single game tickets for Round 1 will go on sale to the general public on April 9 at 10 a.m. (ET). Tickets can be purchased at SeatGeek.com or by visiting FloridaPanthers.com.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin today scored his 895th career goal to complete “THE GR8 CHASE” and surpass Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history, a record “The Great One” held since he registered his 802nd career goal on March 23,

Marc Barnat, one of 10 in this year’s graduating class, joined the Sabres in December as a business development intern. Sabres Scholars programming had piqued his interest in brand partnerships and, as it turned out, given him a leg up in that internship selection process.

When Ovechkin beat Sorokin on the power play with a wrist shot at 7:26 of the second period for his 895th goal, he passed Wayne Gretzky to become the League's new goal king. It was the only goal Sorokin allowed in the Islanders' 4-1 win.

The Washington Capitals honored Alex Ovechkin with a clever tribute video that spanned his entire career as a goal scorer, from the very first back October 5, 2005 right up to Sunday's power play goal, his 895th, which broke Wayne Gretzky 's long-standing record.

Marco Rossi scored a power-play goal 58 seconds into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 overtime win against the Dallas Stars at Xcel Energy Center on Sunday. Rossi deflected a Mats Zuccarello shot in during the 4-on-3 power play.

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Pat Sajak has seen it all as a longtime Washington Capitals fan, from the team drafting Alex Ovechkin in 2004 to the Stanley Cup championship run in 2018. Well, maybe now he’s seen it all.

Ted Leonsis has been owner of the Washington Capitals since 1999 and has had an inside view of Alex Ovechkin ’s 20-season climb to becoming the NHL’s all-time goals leader. Ovechkin scored his 895th NHL goal Sunday against the New York Islanders to break Wayne Gretzky ’s record.

Sportsnet 650 MATCH-UP INFO - Tonight marks the third of four meetings between the Canucks and Golden Knights this season: Dec. 19 (road, 3-1 L), Feb. 22 (road, 3-1 L), Apr. 6 (home), and Apr. 16 (home).

Ilya Sorokin will start in goal when the New York Islanders host the Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon, Head Coach Patrick Roy announced.

Here are the Stanley Cup Playoffs clinching scenarios for April 6: The Washington Capitals will clinch the Metropolitan Division: If they defeat the New York Islanders in any fashion (12:30 p.m. ET; MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT, SN360, TVAS) There are eight games on the schedule for Sunday, all with playoff implications:

Bird of course was referencing Ovechkin's two-goal game on Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks to tie Wayne Gretzky career goals record of 894. When Bird and Taurasi met him, he hadn't even been draftedby the Capitals with the No. 1 pick in the 2004 NHL draft.

Aliaksei Protas is week to week with a lower-body injury, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery announced Sunday. The forward told NHL.com he sustained a skate cut to his foot in the third period of a 5-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. Protas finished with two shots on goal in 11:39 of ice time.

Snapshots from the New York Islanders 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday, Apr. 6, 2025. Photos by Dennis DaSilva and Sam Johnston, New York Islanders and Buce Bennett/Getty Images, Andrew Mordzynski and Steven Ryan/NHLI via Getty Images

Gretzky scored 894 goals in 1,487 NHL regular-season games with the Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers before retiring in 1999. He scored his 894th and final goal playing for the Rangers against the Islanders on March 29, 1999.

The Vancouver Canucks conclude their three-game homestand with a Sunday night battle against the Pacific Division-leading Vegas Golden Knights. Sunday’s game will be the third matchup of the season between the two Pacific Division foes.

The Stars have earned points in their last 13 games against the Wild (9-0-4), also earning wins in their last three games played at Xcel Energy Center. During that span, Dallas has outscored Minnesota 55-29.

After backing up Sergei Bobrovsky against the Senators, Vitek Vanecek will likely get the nod in Detroit. In four appearances since being acquired at the trade deadline, the 29-year-old netminder has produced a 1-2-1 record with a .889 save percentage and one shutout.

Markstrom, who also shut out the Rangers here on Dec. 23, became the second goalie in franchise history with multiple shutouts against them in a season, joining Martin Brodeur, who did it in 2003-04. It was Markstrom's fourth shutout of the season and first since returning from a knee injury on March 2 that caused him to miss 11 games.

The Nashville Predators are back home to host the Montreal Canadiens tonight for a 6 p.m. CT puck drop at Bridgestone Arena. This evening’s contest is the second and final meeting between the two clubs this season; the Preds fell to the Habs back in December.

Former teammates thankful to be on hand for Capitals captain's iconic 895th NHL goal against Islanders in New York

The Washington Capitals have re-assigned forward Ludwig Persson from Jukurit of Liiga (Finland-1) to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL), senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Persson is not expected to play for Hershey today.

The Flyers' postseason drought matches its longest ever, when it failed to qualify for five straight seasons between 1989-90 and 1993-94. They rebounded to reach the playoffs 11 straight seasons and 16 of the next 17. Here's a look at what happened in the 2024-25 season for the Flyers and why things could be better next season.

Already missing Aleksander Barkov (injury), Matthew Tkachuk (injury), Nico Sturm (injury), Dmitry Kulikov (injury) and Aaron Ekblad (suspension), the Panthers now have an opportunity to let other players heal up as well after clinching their place in the playoffs on Saturday.

In late summer of 2005, in his final day as a teenager, Alex Ovechkin arrives in DC for his first training camp

Giving back to the community has always been a pillar of who the Tampa Bay Lightning are. This season the Lightning Foundation celebrated their 10th Anniversary of the Honorary Captain program, which gives the ultimate day-in-the-life opportunity to children from Make A Wish and the Children's Dream Fund.

Over the past 17 seasons, the Bruins have only missed the playoffs twice, in 2014-15 and 2015-16, a run that saw them reach the Stanley Cup Final three times and win once, in 2011. They lost the Final in 2013 to the Chicago Blackhawks in six games and in 2019 to the St. Louis Blues in seven games.

Montreal heads south to Smashville to round out second game of back-to-back

A look at the game “by the numbers.” - Seattle earned this win. In 5-on-5 play, the Kraken created 56.7-percent of all shot volume and 58.6-percent of all shot quality. - The Kraken had ten rush chances while only allowing five.