Ovechkin beat Calvin Pickard clean with a wrist shot just before the midway mark of the second period off a pass from linemate Dylan Strome ... Chychrun, Connor McMichael and Strome also scored ...

After a dominant 8-3 win in their return from the 4 Nations break, the Washington Capitals are right back in action at home, this time against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers ...