Alex Ovechkin is an exceptional goal-scorer. He is chasing Wayne Gretzky’s great record, and he doesn’t have many goals left ...

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky for the all-time NHL goals record. In his pursuit of Gretzky, Ovechkin has ...

Washington (42-14-8), which has won four in a row, is tied with the Winnipeg Jets for first in the NHL with 92 points.

Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals' star, tied Jaromir Jagr for the most game-winning goals in NHL history with 135, ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

It was Ovechkin’s league-leading eighth empty-netter of the season and 65th of his career, which is the most of any player in ...

Greg Cote’s Poll Dance is a weekly survey on a topic usually in sports. In today’s 35th installment: Alex Ovechkin is poised ...

Aliaksei Protas had the first hat trick of his NHL career, Alex Ovechkin and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had three points and the ...

Wild goalie Fleury could face Penguins for final time; Blue Jackets visit Rangers competing for wild card in East ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 886 ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.