Ovechkin beat fellow Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning with four minutes left in the third period after getting stopped twice by him earlier.

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to break the record.

The Capitals are having a banner year, fueled by Alex Ovechkin's chase for history. As of Saturday night, the Capital great was only 10 goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record.