Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal record Friday night with two scores against the Chicago Blackhawks. "The Great One" was in the building, with festivities ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal record Friday night with two scores against the Chicago Blackhawks. "The Great One" was in the building, with ...

Wayne Gretzky was on hand as Alex Ovechkin broke his all-time record by scoring his 895th career goal on Sunday. That was not the only pledge Gretzky followed through on, either. Ovechkin scored ...

In New York on Sunday, Wayne Gretzky, the Great One, stood with a smile and applauded his record falling. “I said I’d be the first one to shake your hand when you broke the record,” Gretzky ...

Ovechkin scored his 895th goal Sunday against the Islanders, to pass Wayne Gretzky for the most goals scored by one player in NHL history. Gretzky, "The Great One," broke Gordie Howe's record of ...

When former NHL forward Wayne Gretzky surpassed Gordie Howe with his 802nd NHL goal in 1994, the hockey world believed the new mark would stand forever. It did — until Sunday. At UBS Arena in ...

Sunday marked a monumental day in the history of professional hockey, as Washington Capitals legend Alex Ovechkin became the NHL's all-time leader in goals scored, surpassing Wayne Gretzky when he ...

Wayne Gretzky retired from the NHL in 1999 statistically as the greatest player to ever lace a pair of skates. When the Great One officially called it a career, he held numerous records that ...

Alex Ovechkin finally did it. On Sunday afternoon on Long Island, the Washington Capitals star broke Wayne Gretzky’s record to become the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895.

You get to a certain age, and it occurs to you how old you are. Things you use to mark time − I saw Wayne Gretzky when he was 20, and I saw Alexander Ovechkin when he was 20 − can lead to ulcers.