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Aaron Ekblad is back on the ice with the defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers for workouts — but can’t play until Game 3 of Florida’s first-round playoff series.
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The playoffs are six games away, but the Capitals first want to make sure Ovechkin gets the record all to himself.
In signature dramatic fashion, Ovechkin scored the 894th goal of his career — and second of the game — to tie Gretzky’s NHL record and set off a wild celebration among his Washington Capitals teammates on the ice and in the stands.
The Capitals’ game against Chicago marks the start of Gretzky joining the chase in person.
Ovechkin beat Frederik Andersen on a 5-on-3 power-play with 34.5 seconds left in the second period.
Ovechkin gave the Capitals a 2-0 lead with about four minutes left in the first period, pushing a cross-crease pass from Strome into an open net.
The contract is the latest source of revenue for the league as the salary cap continues to climb.
Alex Ovechkin moved five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring the 890th goal of his career in the Washington Capitals 8-5 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.
Moore and Rinzel played for the University of Minnesota this season. The Gophers lost to Massachusetts in overtime in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night.
Marchand, who was greeted by plenty of fans around the ice during warm-ups and even flicked a puck into the stands toward one group as a souvenir, got the loudest reception of any of Florida’s skaters when the game-opening unit was announced.
Fleury, who’s in his 21st and assuredly final season in the league, was on the home bench all night while Filip Gustavsson manned the net.