The Washington Capitals will look to stay hot when they head to Buffalo to meet the Sabres on Monday night. Can Alexander Ovechkin carry the Caps to another big win and trounce the struggling Sabres?

BUFFALO — It has been several weeks ... with several scoring chances for captain Alex Ovechkin, but after an initial flurry, the Sabres killed the penalty with relative ease.

Ovechkin is now 23 shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that many NHL observers thought would stand as one of the game's most unbreakable records.

The Washington Capitals dropped a 4-3 decision in the shootout against the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center on Monday night.

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres play the Washington Capitals as losers of three straight games. Buffalo has a 14-21-5 record overall and a 7-10-3 record on its home ice. The Sabres are 3-5-4 in ...

The Washington Capitals host the Vancouver Canucks after Tom Wilson's two-goal game against the Buffalo Sabres in the Capitals' 4-3 shootout loss.

The left wing practiced Monday on a line with Dubois at center and Aliaksei Protas at right wing. Ovechkin, who has 20 goals ...

It was a big Saturday for hockey yesterday in the National Hockey League, with only two teams not in action. The 30 other NHL ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Alex Tuch scored twice, JJ Peterka had the deciding goal in the shootout and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the ... Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was kept off the scoresheet.

The Sabres (14-21-5) remained last in the Eastern Conference and finished their road trip 1-2-1. Buffalo was outshot in the ...

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