LAS VEGAS -- Alex Ovechkin will return to the scene of the Washington Capitals' greatest triumph Monday with another chance to make history.

Heading into the Capitals' game against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena (6 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, ATTSN-RM, NBCSWA, NHL.TV), Ovechkin remains two goals away from becoming the eighth player to score 700 NHL goals. After being held without a point in his past four games, the Capitals forward has a chance to reach the milestone in the building where he and the Capitals captured their first Stanley Cup title in 2018.

This will be Capitals' second visit to T-Mobile Arena since their clinching 4-3 win in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final there (they lost 5-3 there last season), but the memories of that night remain fresh.

"Yeah, it's great memories, obviously," Ovechkin said. "We won the Cup there. It's always going to be great memories for us and … it's a great city and good memories."

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The Capitals' epic celebration of their championship lasted into the next morning in Las Vegas before they flew home. Ovechkin, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, was the unquestioned leader of the party, which continued in Washington with frolicking in the fountains in Georgetown and a parade down Constitution Ave.

"This is where the party was going on and I think just traveling into this city is special," Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom said. "For a lot of people on this club, we have really good memories from it. So, from now on, it's our favorite place to play."

T-Mobile Arena would become even more special for the Capitals if Ovechkin scores his 700th goal there. Ovechkin, who has 698 goals in 1,141 regular-season games over 15 NHL seasons, would join Wayne Gretzky (894 goals), Gordie Howe (801), Jaromir Jagr (766), Brett Hull (741), Marcel Dionne (731), Phil Esposito (717) and Mike Gartner (708) in the 700-goal club.

Ovechkin has been stuck on 698 the past four games after seven-game tear when he scored 14 goals to reach 40 for the season. The four-game goal drought is the 34-year-old's longest since he went four games without a goal March 19-24 of last season. It's the first time Ovechkin gone four straight games without a point since Dec. 19-27, 2017.

It hasn't been because of a lack of good scoring chances.

Ovechkin had seven shots on goal among his 16 shot attempts in a 3-2 win against Colorado Avalanche in the opener of this three-game road trip on Thursday and eight shots on goal and another 16 shot attempts in 3-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.

"With 16, 17 shot attempts, most nights that's going to end up being at least a goal," Capitals coach Todd Reirden said. "We're going to need that from him again tomorrow and it will be important for him. I think when we do finally see him score his next goal it will be on a night like that where he's had a number of opportunities."

Ovechkin had a few close calls against the Coyotes, including a power-play one-timer from the top of left circle that went off the right post in the second period. Shots like those were going in for Ovechkin during his seven-game hot streak, but he's remained upbeat while waiting for the bounces to start going his way again.

"You can see sometimes it just goes in, sometimes you just hit the post or you miss the wide open net," Ovechkin said. "Pretty good chances and you just have to stick with it. Obviously, I would be (angry) if I don't have any chances, but it's OK. It's going to come."

Ovechkin would be the first player to score 700 NHL goals since Jagr got his 700th while playing for the New Jersey Devils against the Islanders at Nassau Coliseum on March 1, 2014. If he doesn't score two goals Monday, his next chance to reach 700 will come against the Montreal Canadiens at Capital One Arena on Thursday.

"I just think that he will get there eventually," Backstrom said. "He's probably a little tired of hearing all the questions about it, but eventually he'll get there."

Perhaps the positive memories of being back at T-Mobile Arena will help.