Mitchell Chaffee and Gage Goncalves scored, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced behind a remarkable tight-checking team effort and the Tampa Bay Lightning won their eighth consecuti

WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin scored the 884th goal of his NHL career to move 10 away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s record. The Washington Capitals captain beat fellow Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning with four minutes left in the third period on Saturday.

There’s Wayne Gretzky, and then there’s everyone else. In his 20-year career, the four-time Stanley Cup champion amassed the most goals (894), assists (1,963) and points (2,857) in NHL history. He’s known as “The Great One.