Attention and eyes are fully fixed on the Caps because captain Alex Ovechkin has scored in each of the team’s last three games – across a span of just four nights – to whittle the distance between himself (892 career goals) and Wayne Gretzky (894) to just two. That leaves Ovechkin a hat trick shy of becoming the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer.

Martin Necas tied it with 11 seconds left and Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen scored in a shootout to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Cale Makar pulled Chicago to 2-1 midway through the third period with his career-high 29th goal of the season,

Moore, now two games into his NHL career, believes he improved his defensive attention to detail and offensive down-low play in college this season.

The Chicago Blackhawks will pay a visit to the Washington Capitals on Friday night. Even though the Capitals have their playoff spot wrapped up and the Blackhawks are nowhere near contention, this game could be special.

The Atlanta Hawks battled back and forth with the Dallas Mavericks last night and had the lead with 1:46 to go, but could not finish the job. It was the second

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks, on a four-game losing streak, play the Washington Capitals. Washington has a 24-8-6 record in home games and a 48-18-9 record overall. The Capitals have a 45-2-6 record when scoring three or more goals.

Shaedon Sharpe anotó 33 puntos y consiguió diez rebotes, mientras que Deni Avdija terminó con 32 unidades, 15 tableros y diez asistencias por los Trail Blazers

Chicago Blackhawks’ Landon Slaggert was right to defend Connor Bedard — and Louis Crevier makes an expansion case for Quebec City.

clinched at least a spot in the play-in tournament