On the day after Ovechkin actually turned 22, he and several teammates took a ride to Shaw Junior High in DC for a service project in honor of Ovechkin’s birthday. The project – a beautification of ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay 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 ...

Déjà vu: The only other time the Final Four was all No. 1 seeds was in 2008 when Kansas (champions), Memphis (runner-up), UNC ...

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin didn't get closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time record on Thursday night, and his biggest moment came after the final horn. Following Washington ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer player and they were traveling with their teams, leaving no one to take ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Alex Ovechkin scored the 889th goal of his NHL career and had to skate right by Scott Arniel and the Winnipeg Jets to celebrate with his Washington Capitals teammates.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has broken the NHL goals record held by Wayne Gretzky by scoring the 895th of his career. Ovechkin beat fellow Russian Ilya Sorokin on the power play ...

The countdown is on with Alex ... and Ovechkin get there? Combine consistent all-star play with health and longevity, and their career milestones became more plausible. Gretzky lost a large ...