Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's ...

At 39 years old, Alexander Ovechkin is looking to make history this season. He is on an improbable mission to pass Wayne Gretzky in all-time regular season goals. After a down year last season, ...

Alex Ovechkin has reached 30 goals in a season for the 19th time in his 20-year NHL career, adding to the league record he set last season with his 18th. The Washington Capitals captain got his ...

Despite being limited to 42 of Washington’s 58 games this season because of a fractured fibula, Ovechkin leads the NHL in goals from the left-side regions (14) of the ice; that is a combination ...

Alex Ovechkin is considered by many to be the greatest pure goal scorer in the history of the NHL. He could soon leave no doubt about that claim, as the Capitals captain is on the verge of ...

ARLINGTON, V.A. — In his 20th year with the Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin is playing some of his best hockey yet in D.C. At 39 years old, Ovechkin is scoring at a 58-goal pace, and his 2.41 ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. After scoring four times over the past two games, Ovechkin has 883 goals and needs 12 ...

FILE - Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin holds his 798, 799, and 800th career goal pucks in the locker room next to hats collected for his hat trick after an NHL hockey game against the Chicago ...

Don't forget about the Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin, who is hot on the heels of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record for most career goals. On Sunday, the three-time Hart Memorial ...