Bruce Boudreau always saw greatness in “The Great 8”. The former Vancouver Canucks head coach guided Alex Ovechkin for nearly five seasons with the Washington Capitals. His awe of the NHL superstar became a conviction that he would one day eclipse Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record of 894.

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.

NHL legends and Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Mario Lemiuex revealed who was the greatest player to ever step onto the ice-and it's not The Great One, Wayne Gretzky.

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.

It appears that Quinn Hughes tops the list of the highest-selling on-record Canucks hockey cards. Vancouver’s captain is the reigning Norris Trophy winner, leading the Canucks in scoring this season and was on track to eclipse 100 points before his injury.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game late in overtime, Logan Thompson made 30 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Wednesday ...

Bruce Boudreau always saw greatness in “The Great 8”.

The Canucks raised the bar last season by winning the Pacific Division and coming a game away from the Western Conference Final. As much as the Canucks have been able to hang onto a playoff spot with a league-leading ten overtime/shootout losses, the expectations are higher than that now.

With his overtime goal on Thursday, Alex Ovechkin has now scored against 179 different goalies in his NHL career — more than any other player.

The Daily is chock full of news and note son the New York Rangers and how they flipped the script on early-season failures, as well as taking a spin around the NHL, including another NHL record for Alex Ovechkin.

A weekly gauge of the players who are controlling substantial buzz around the league. When a player is included on this list it may not be a good thing -- it means that they are capturing a large amount of the hockey world's attention.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored two goals and the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Thursday night. Larkin, Jonatan Berggren and Patrick Kane had power-play goals for Detroit, which also got a goal from Marco Kasper. Cam Talbot stopped 40 shots for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last nine games.