Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader on Friday night – a mark that once seemed insurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The Great One. The Great Eight ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals ...

He has racked up nine goal-scoring titles and passed Wayne Gretzky's 894, a record once thought to be unbreakable. He scored twice on Friday to tie the record and ripped a power-play shot past New ...

Captial One Arena understandably went wild when Ovechkin netted the goal to sound the horn and win Game 1. His teammates quickly grabbed the 39-year-old star in a giant group hug on the ice to ...

Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their first-round ...