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Alex Ovechkin 10 goals from Great One as Caps visit Rangers
Oct 29, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates after scoring a goal on New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) in the first period at Capital One Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images The Washington Capitals are comfortably ahead in the Metropolitan Division, so they can enjoy Alex Ovechkin inching closer to matching Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history without stressing out about the standings.
The New York Rangers, the Capitals’ opponent on Wednesday night, are in a position where the standings are frequently on their mind and their remaining regular-season games are a sprint to reach the playoffs.
With Ovechkin 10 goals shy of tying Gretzky’s record of 894, the Capitals visit a Rangers squad seeking its first three-game winning streak in nearly four months.
After being swept by the Rangers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring, the Capitals revamped their roster, quickly ascended to the division lead and own a double-digit lead over the Carolina Hurricanes. Washington, a pedestrian 6-4-3 since winning six straight Jan. 11-23, snapped its first three-game losing streak on Monday night when Dylan Strome scored the lone shootout goal of the shootout in a 5-4 home win over the Ottawa Senators.
“We’ll certainly take the win because we’ve been reeling a little bit at home here,” Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said. “But it didn’t look good out there, didn’t feel good at any point of the game. So, we’ll look at a few things, but we’ll take the two points.”
Ovechkin was held without a point for the 16th time and the Capitals are 10-4-2 in those games because others are pitching in. Connor McMichael scored against Ottawa and has three of his 22 goals in his past five games. Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored and owns eight goals in his past 16 games while Tom Wilson has seven of his 27 tallies in his past nine games.
Ovechkin has five goals since the return from the 4 Nations Face-Off break. He also is two points shy of becoming the 11th player to reach 1,600 in his career.
The Russian superstar might feel good about seeing the Rangers on Wednesday night because he already owns three goals against them this season. He scored twice in Washington’s 5-3 home win Oct. 29 and once in its 7-4 home win Jan. 4.
The Rangers are coming off consecutive 4-0 home shutouts of the Nashville Predators and New York Islanders. New York has posted a 4-1-0 record in its past five games since returning from the break with an 8-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 22.
“Teams can definitely gain an advantage, I think, from playing playoff hockey — fighting for their lives, scrapping for their lives,” New York coach Peter Laviolette said. “That can be a benefit going into the playoffs. You’ve got to get there. We’ve got a lot of work to do. There’s a long way to go. There’s a lot of teams that are right around us, and you’ve got to stay consistent with the way you play, and hopefully that consistency leads to wins.”
On Monday, Will Cuylle and Will Borgen scored in the final five minutes of the first period. J. T. Miller and Artemi Panarin scored in the third as the Rangers allowed 21 shots on goal after allowing a season-low 16 in a 3-2 loss Friday to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Rangers have made four significant trades so far and may make more ahead of Friday’s deadline. Reilly Smith was held out for the second straight game for roster management purposes and Chris Kreider has missed the past five games with an upper-body injury.
Miller is the most prominent of their acquisitions and owns seven goals in 11 games since being acquired from the Vancouver Canucks Jan. 31. He also has five goals and five assists during his season-high six-game points streak.
–Field Level Media
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Manchester City look to extend win streak, take on Everton
[Subscription Customers Only] Jun 30, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Manchester City forward Erling Haaland (9) celebrates scoring their second goal with midfielder Rodri (16) during a round of 16 match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Lee Smith-Reuters via Imagn Images Manchester City will try to keep pace with Premier League front-runner Arsenal on Monday night when they pay a visit to an Everton side still on the fringes of the European picture.
City (21-5-7, 70 points) will begin the day six points back of Arsenal with two matches in hand after the Gunners dispatched Fulham 3-0 on Saturday. The Cityzens won’t be even on games played until May 13, when they make up a postponed match against Crystal Palace that was delayed because of City’s triumphant League Cup run.
As a result, there continues to be the appearance of a chase, although the teams would finish level on points if they win out.
Manager Pep Guardiola insists it shouldn’t matter.
“It’s normal, so it’s the calendar,” Guardiola said on Friday. “Sometimes you play first. Sometimes behind. It is what it is. So, nothing changes in these stages, and you know exactly what you have to do.”
City have won six in a row in all competitions, the last three by a single goal: A 2-1 home league win over the Gunners on April 19, a 1-0 league victory at Burnley three days later, and a 2-1 FA Cup semifinal triumph over Southampton on April 25.
Erling Haaland scored once in both league fixtures to bring his EPL-leading total to 24. In the FA Cup semifinal, Jeremy Doku and Nico Gonzalez scored inside the final 10 minutes to complete a late rally.
Everton (13-13-8, 47 points) finished Saturday in 11th place, but only four points out of seventh, which currently would earn a berth in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Should City win the FA Cup, it could be the top eight English league finishers who earn a spot in Europe.
And if Everton could return to continental competition for the first time since 2017-18, it would conclude a much-improved first season at their new Hill Dickson Stadium, after bringing the curtain down on historic Goodison Park last May.
“We still believe there could be something out there for us. And we’ll keep pushing,” manager David Moyes said. “Building Everton back up is a process which I think is going to take quite a bit of time, but I think the first year or so here, we’ve certainly put decent foundations down. And hopefully we can continue to build on it.”
The Toffees are looking to avoid a third consecutive league defeat for the first time this season after a 2-1 home loss to derby rivals Liverpool on April 19 and a 2-1 away defeat at West Ham last weekend.
Beto, one of two Everton players with eight goals, departed the former contest late with a head injury and missed the latter fixture working through the league’s concussion protocol. He should be available Monday night, Moyes said.
–Field Level Media
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Yankees tee off on Orioles to win third straight in 4-game series
May 3, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) hits a two run home run in the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Jasson Dominguez scored the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning before hitting a two-run homer and an RBI double during a seven-run eighth as the New York Yankees pulled away for an 11-3 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon.
The Yankees won for the 13th time in 15 games and beat the Orioles for the 11th time in the past 12 meetings.
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off Baltimore rookie Trey Gibson. Ben Rice hit his 12th home run of the season in the first and doubled ahead of Judge’s 13th homer in the third.
Rice exited after the Yankees batted in the third because of a bruised left hand. The Yankees announced X-rays were negative and the first baseman is day-to-day. Rice appeared to get injured fielding a low pickoff throw from Max Fried and was replaced by Paul Goldschmidt.
Dominguez started the tiebreaking rally with a double to left field against Grant Wolfram (1-1) and advanced to third on a groundout by Austin Wells. Ryan McMahon, facing a drawn-in infield, followed with a single that first baseman Coby Mayo couldn’t handle after diving to stop it.
Dominguez started New York’s big inning with a two-run drive into the right field seats off Andrew Kittredge for a 6-3 lead. After an RBI sacrifice fly by Trent Grisham, Goldschmidt ripped a two-run single after the Yankees executed a double steal.
Following a sacrifice fly by Jazz Chisholm Jr., Dominguez added a double to left field for an 11-3 lead.
The Orioles tied it twice before losing their fourth straight and for the 12th time in 18 games.
Blaze Alexander had an RBI single in the third before getting thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. After Judge’s 413-foot drive bounced into Baltimore’s bullpen in left field, Leody Taveras hit an RBI infield single and Tyler O’Neill scored on a double play grounder by Jeremiah Jackson in the fourth.
Fried allowed three runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked three.
Fernando Cruz (3-0) got the final two outs of the sixth and the first out of the seventh. Brent Headrick ended the eighth by getting a double play grounder against Mayo.
Gibson allowed three runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings during his major league debut.
The four-game series concludes Monday.
–Field Level Media
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Cam Smith drives in 2 in 10th, Astros edge Red Sox
May 3, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Houston Astros right fielder Cam Smith (11) hits a two run RBI against the Boston Red Sox during the tenth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images Cam Smith had three hits, including a two-run single in the top of the 10th inning, to help the visiting Houston Astros earn a 3-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
Smith’s two-out single came against Zack Kelly (0-2) and drove in Braden Shewmake and Jose Altuve.
Boston had the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the 10th, but Bryan Abreu got Ceddanne Rafaela to ground into a double play to end the game.
Jarren Duran hit a solo home run for the Red Sox, who stranded 13 runners and were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Duran’s home run was his third of the season and his second of the series. He hit a three-run homer in Boston’s 3-1 victory Friday night.
Abreu (1-2) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win. He gave up one hit, walked one and struck out one.
Willson Contreras collected three of Boston’s nine hits in the loss.
Christian Walker and Christian Vazquez each had two-hit games for the Astros, who won two games in the three-game set.
Boston starting pitcher Ranger Suarez was pulled after four scoreless innings because of hamstring tightness. He gave up three hits, walked one and struck out three. Suarez threw 70 pitches.
Duran’s home run off Houston reliever AJ Blubaugh opened the scoring in the fifth. Houston tied the game in the sixth, when Walker reached on an infield single, took third on Altuve’s double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brice Matthews.
The Red Sox had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth. An error on Abreu allowed Contreras to reach second with two outs in the inning, but Roman Anthony grounded out to first to end the inning.
Houston had the bases loaded with no outs in the 10th, but Altuve grounded into a 6-2-5 double play. Following a walk to Matthews, Smith delivered his two-run single.
–Field Level Media
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