The Washington Capitals fall to the Detroit Red wings. Alex Ovechkin ties one of Gordie Howe's records

In this edition of Locked on Capitals Dan talks about the 3-1 Capitals loss to the Redwings. Alex Ovechkin got the only goal for the Capitals. Darcy Kuemper kept the Capitals in the game and made 23 of 25 saves.

The Capitals played their fifth game in eight days, the injury-depleted Caps generated chances but couldn’t finish plays as Red Wings goaltender Ville Husso was in top form

Alex Ovechkin scored the only goal for Washington, a goal that put him alongside Detroit legend Gordie Howe in the record books.

Through 12 games so far this season, Ovechkin has six goals and four assists for 10 points. He is at 786 career goals, and is 14 away from 800, 16 from passing Howe for second on the NHL’s all-time goals list and 109 from passing Wayne Gretzky’s 894 goals for the most in NHL history.

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