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

It would be a similar story to last year, as Ovechkin took advantage of the downtime during the 2024 NHL All-Star Break 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 ...

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

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to shatter records on his way to Wayne Gretzky's all-time regular season ...

Game by game, Alex Ovechkin is chipping away at Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goal-scoring record. Now with 879 career goals, ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

Despite the comeback, shootouts continue to plague D.C., leading to the loss. Pierre-Luc Dubois, Aliaksei Protas and Dylan ...

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Head coach Spencer Carbery defended his tactic ... reinforcing Carbery's strategy. Yes, 6 of Alex Ovechkin's 25 goals are empty-net goals. Just like 7 of Mikko Rantanen's 26 goals are empty ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley Cup after the Capitals defeated ...

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 ...