Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain has 26 goals this season, with 26 games left.

Ovechkin is on the verge of becoming the NHL's all-time goals leader, and he can pass Gretzky's mark of 894 before the end of ...

The NHL regular season resumes Saturday afternoon with 14 games after the conclusion of the successful 4 Nations Face-Off, ...

Regardless of who wins the championship game tonight, staff writer Alex Kiger says the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off is already a ...

the best is yet to come this year for Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin, who has scored in four straight outings and is up to 26 on the season, sits just 16 goals away from passing Gretzky, and with the 4 ...

PHILADELPHIA — Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on ...

The first Olympics to be co-hosted by two cities -- Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy -- next year's Winter Games will feature the largest ... Kirill Kaprizov and of course Alex Ovechkin headline).

Alex Ovechkin is creeping ever closer to NHL history. It’s been known for some time that Ovechkin has a legitimate shot at breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record should he stay healthy ...

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley Cup after the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, June 7 ...