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Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has ...

Alexander Ovechkin is now second in NHL history with 879 goals, trailing only the Great One himself Wayne Gretzky of Canada, who had 894 goals in his NHL career ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move to within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record and the ...

Ovechkin scored with 53 seconds remaining in the first period, taking a centering pass from Martin Fehervary and flicking it ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Thursday night ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Alex Ovechkin got one step closer to Wayne Gretzky and made more NHL history on Thursday night. Washington’s legendary No. 8 scored with 1:53 left in overtime to give the ...

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are one of the National Hockey League’s best teams, which is why the club’s head coach wanted the Senators to bring their best, and Ottawa didn’t ...

Watch as Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin snipes the overtime game-winning goal against the Ottawa Senators for his 874th career goal and passes Jaromir Jagr to set a new NHL record with ...

Watch as Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin snipes the overtime game-winning goal against the Ottawa Senators for his 874th career goal and passes Jaromir Jagr to set a new NHL record with ...

OTTAWA — Of course it was Alex Ovechkin. The Washington Capitals spent most of Thursday’s game at Canadian Tire Centre going nowhere, generating minimal offense against the Ottawa Senators and ...