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

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

Game by game, Alex Ovechkin is chipping away at Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal-scoring record. Now with 879 career goals, 16 away from surpassing Gretzky, he'll look to keep it going when the ...

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin certainly has a flair for the dramatic, and he's inched one goal closer to Wayne Gretzky's ...

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

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

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

Coach Spencer Carbery made a bold statement on Saturday at MedStar Capitals Iceplex: even as he currently barrels toward ...

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

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