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. Canucks: Playing still without injured center Elias Pettersson, they were better defensively than in their ...

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. CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist, and Chicago beat Colorado. Frank Nazar and Ilya ...

Ovechkin is expected to share ice time with Pierre-Luc Dubois, per NHL.com ... He’s chasing the great Wayne Gretzky on the all-time scoring list in the NHL. Ovechkin has 20 goals in 27 games ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of ... He is 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Canucks: Playing ...

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.

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.

WASHINGTON -- Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game with 41 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the Washington Capitals past the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 at Capital One Arena on Wednesday.

But the Capitals were expecting the game to be “a little bit nasty,” as Coach Spencer Carbery put it after his team won, 2-1, in overtime behind two goals from center Pierre-Luc Dubois, who was at the center of the high-emotion proceedings throughout.

Rather than ice a roster merely helping Ovi break Gretzky's record, the Caps have been one of the NHL's best. Here's how they threaded the needle.

The Capitals look to extend their winning streak as they visit the McDavid-less Oilers. The Washington Capitals are hoping that their impressive play of late follows them on the road, as they kick off a lengthy trip to the Pacific Northwest with a showdown against the Edmonton Oilers.