Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

It was a roller coaster of a night at the Wells Fargo Center. Although the Flyers lost 4-3 to Alex Ovechkin and the ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record to help the ...

With Washington back in front, Charlie Lindgren had to come up with some key stops, and he did just that, flashing the glove ...

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

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

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record with 28 games left in the ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 879 ...

Ovechkin scored on a one-timer from the inside edge of the right face-off circle at 19:07 of the first period to move within 16 goals of passing Wayne Gretzky 's NHL record of 894. Ovechkin has scored ...

Head coach Spencer Carbery defended his tactic of throwing out the team's best goal scorer when, typically, teams are looking ...