Washington’s hockey star chases Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record the way his team seeks the NHL’s best record: ...

Alex Ovechkin is working on going down as not only one of the best players in Washington Capitals or NHL history, but one of the best to ever come from Russia.

Logan Cooley was born in Pittsburgh just 17 months before Sidney Crosby debuted in the NHL and his hometown Penguins won ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

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

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin will be in Miami during the NHL break for the 4 Nations Face-Off -- and he's not ...

Alex Ovechkin’s and other Russian hockey stars’ hopes of playing for their country in next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics were seriously diminished Tuesday, when the sport’s international ...

Cooley admired Crosby, but he grew up a Washington Capitals fan for a very specific reason: Alex Ovechkin. “That's the real one,” said Cooley, who's now playing for the Utah Hockey Club.

With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model to a lot of kids who grew up to play alongside him in the NHL.

He's a legend.” Russia's Alexander Ovechkin shoots during practice at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, in Turin, Italy. Credit: AP/GENE J. PUSKAR That legend started early.