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

ARLINGTON, V.A. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Washington Capitals ' win over the Florida Panthers on ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

Wayne Gretzky’s son Trevor wishes him a happy birthday ... Gretzky is wearing a St. Louis Blues jersey and full hockey pads in the shot, which was most likely taken at the 2017 NHL Winter ...

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring ... After a tepid start, Ovechkin’s odds shot up quickly thanks to a hot stretch where he scored 13 goals ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal as the visiting Washington Capitals nipped the slumping Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky ... scored Ovechkin fired a blast of a shot past Vezina Trophy front-runner Connor ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career ... period on a power-play shot from the point through traffic.

Wayne Gretzky scored 894 goals in 1,487 career NHL ... Backstrom could have remained healthy -- he figured Ovechkin had a shot at catching Gretzky if his body cooperated. "If he stayed healthy ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record ... Ovechkin pulled the Capitals to 4-3 on a long wrist shot with 6:59 left. The 39-year-old Russian ...