Alexander Ovechkin, nicknamed “The Great 8” and “Ovi,” is a celebrated Russian ice hockey player currently serving as the ...

Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 shots in relief of injured goalie Connor Ingram, plus all three shots in the shootout, and Nick Schmaltz scored the lone shootout goal as Utah shook off a third-period rally ...

The GR8 continues to fit his nicknamesake. On Sunday, in a game against the Utah Hockey Club, Washington Capitals forward ...

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

The Capitals’ captain — who is now 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record of 894 — collided with Jack ...

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

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

Nine games were played last night in the NHL. And there was plenty of action! Let’s see what caught our attention: Alex ...

Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The ...

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