Alex Ovechkin broke Gretzky's record with goal No. 895
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Ovechkin recently broke the record as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895 goals and Kolzig reached out to congratulate his former Capitals teammate.
From Sports Illustrated
With his 895th career goal on Sunday, the Washington Capitals star has accomplished what was once unthinkable and surpassed “The Great One,” Wayne Gretzky, as the all-time leading goal scorer in NHL ...
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The Washington Capitals have been one of the best teams in the NHL all season, with a ton of credit going to surprise goalie Logan Thompson. With the regular se
Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson is expected to miss at least a couple of games because of injury, coach Spencer Carbery said Friday. “I won’t call him day-to-day," Carbery said. Thompson left the Capitals' game at Carolina on Wednesday night after the first period with what the team called an upper-body injury.
The Capitals (48-18-9 and 105 points in 75 games) currently hold the top seed in the East but have lost four of their last five matches.
Thompson, whom the Capitals acquired from the Vegas Golden Knights during the offseason, was a potential Vezina finalist before this recent cold streak. He was also one of the mai
Resume: 22 NHL seasons with New Jersey Devils (1992-2014) and St. Louis Blues (2014-15); Holds NHL records for wins (691), shutouts (125) and games (1,266); four-time winner of the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008), three-time Stanley Cup winner (1995, 2000, 2003); 2018 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame
In any series, good goalies can be outmatched by their opposing netminder who seemingly comes out of nowhere. The Oilers’ Stuart Skinner outplayed Dallas Stars netminder Jake Oettinger and put a scare into Bobrovsky last season, while Arturs Silovs made a name for himself in Vancouver when Thatcher Demko suffered an injury.