When asked if they'd rather take a hit from Alex Ovechkin or Tom Wilson, the Washington Capitals make their choice quickly.

Logan Cooley was born in Pittsburgh just 17 months before Sidney Crosby debuted in the NHL and his hometown Penguins won multiple Stanley Cup championships during his childhood.

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

Need to spice up your hockey season a bit? Have we got an event for you. The inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off, an all-star tournament consisting solely of ...

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

Game by game, Alex Ovechkin is chipping away at Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal-scoring record. Now with 879 career goals, 16 away from surpassing Gretzky, he'll look to keep it going when the ...

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

Cruising to the top of the NHL standings by winning 36 of their first 54 games and losing just 11 in regulation, the ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...