Ovechkin scored his team's fifth goal in Saturday's 7-4 win over the New York Rangers to push his career total to 872. He is now 23 shy of breaking Gretzky's mark of 894 that many NHL observers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coaching Alex Ovechkin for three seasons has normalized his hot pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record for Peter Laviolette. “Not a crazy thing at all ...

Alex Overchkin earlier joined the elite circle of players with 700 goals and 700 assists. ALEX OVECHKIN of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne ...

Jan 4, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) scores a goal on New York Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick (32) in the third period at Capital One ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved another step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by tormenting Marc-Andre Fleury one more time. The Washington Capitals captain ...

If you started watching the Washington Capitals season on Thursday, there would be little to indicate captain Alex Ovechkin had missed 40 days and 16 games with a fractured left fibula.

WASHINGTON – Marc-Andre Fleury figures Alex Ovechkin probably owes him for helping Ovechkin close in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record. After all, no goaltender has been scored on more ...

Abstract: Marco Rossi tied it in the third period, Matt Boldy scored the shootout winner and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 after Alex Ovechkin moved one step ...

When Wayne Gretzky finally eclipsed Gordie Howe’s NHL goal-scoring record on March 23, 1994, when he scored his 802nd career goal, he was torn. “Gordie to me was the greatest player ever ...