Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Ovechkin met with Bondra’s grandson before practice and stopped to take photos with the young fan and give him the gift. Bondra’s grandson, wearing his grandfather’s No. 12 Capitals jersey, wasted no ...

There is only one name left for Alex Ovechkin to catch atop the NHL all ... one of the game's most dangerous goal scorers. His signature one-time slap shot from the left dot continuing 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 ...

With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

Alex Ovechkin is on pace to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record this season. Can he reach 895 goals? Stay updated on ...

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley Cup after the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, June 7 ...

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

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...