In the third period between the Capitals and Senators, Alex Ovechkin inched closer to Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record.

The Capitals are holding on to the No. 1 spot despite an average week but it's getting crowded at the top of the rankings.

I remember he used to like to stop at Wendy’s on the way home … there we were, sitting in the Wendy’s parking lot eating a ...

Every day this month, the NHL has been rolling out a "quarter-century team" for each of its 32 franchises. The main idea is ...

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

Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain has 23 goals this season, with 31 games left. This ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL.

The Great Eight is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894, which Gretzky reached on ...

Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring on a late power play in the Washington Capitals' 5-4 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 875 goals and ... Ovechkin already owns the NHL records for power-play goals ...

Empty netters count the same as scoring on a netminder, which is exactly what Ovechkin did to move one goal closer to hockey immortality. A record once considered unbreakable now seems to be ...