In this edition of Locked on Capitals Dan talks about the Caps game against the Vancouver Canucks Tuesday night. Alex Ovechkin started the Caps scoring first

Alex Ovechkin scores his 12th goal of the season to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. It marks Ovechkin's 792nd career goal. He is eight goals shy of 800 career goals and 10 goals shy of passing Gordie Howe for second on the NHL’s all-time goals list.

Alex Ovechkin scores his 12th goal of the season to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. It marks Ovechkin's 792nd career goal. He is eight goals shy of 800 career goals and 10 goals shy of passing Gordie Howe for second on the NHL’s all-time goal. It marks Ovechkin's second multi-goal game this season (also against Vancouver on Oct. 17) and the 160th multi-goal game of his career. Only Wayne Gretzky (189) has more multi-goal games in NHL history.

 Alex Ovechkin now has 403 career road goals

Passed Wayne Gretzky for most road goals in nhl history

The game also saw goals by Anthony Mantha (6th) Martin Feherevary and John Carlson

John Carlson goal 5 goals in last seven

The Caps hope to keep the winning going as the take on the Seattle Kraken next

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