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

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

Cooley admired Crosby, but he grew up a Washington Capitals fan for a very specific reason: Alex Ovechkin ... the 39-year-old Ovechkin is now playing against many of those youngsters who ...

the best is yet to come this year for Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin, who has scored in four straight outings and is up to 26 on the season, sits just 16 goals away from passing Gretzky, and with the 4 ...

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 ...

There were 0.1 seconds left in regulation on Tuesday night when Alex ... Ovechkin scored his 25th goal of this NHL season, moving him one step closer to a record long thought untouchable. The 39 ...

There is only one name left for Alex Ovechkin to catch atop the NHL all ... the Great One's record at this point. But the 39-year-old Washington winger still has his work cut out for him, and ...

PHILADELPHIA — When Russian players with a heavy dose of offensive skill enter the NHL, there’s an inclination to compare them to Alex Ovechkin ... at 39 years old. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 879 goals and needs 16 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Alex ... Ovechkin's goal gave him 40 points for the season, making him just the ninth player in NHL history to record 40 points in at least 20 seasons. The 39-year-old Ovechkin ...