After breaking the 800-goal barrier during the 2022-23 season, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin now has his sights set on breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record of 894. Ovechkin ...

The Washington Capitals’ star is just 17 goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, thanks in large part to an avalanche ...

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin certainly has a flair for the dramatic, and he's inched one goal closer to Wayne Gretzky's ...

With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model ...

While most of the NHL’s top players are competing at the 4 Nations Face-Off, some of the league’s top Russian players like ...

Alex Ovechkin criticizes the NHL for excluding Russian players from the Four Nations Faceoff, jeopardizing Russia's ...

There is only one name left for Alex Ovechkin to catch atop the NHL all-time goal leaderboard, and it's the greatest one of them all. One of the most exciting races in the NHL for this season is ...

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Ovechkin now moves into a five-way tie for eighth on the league leaderboard in goals scored this season. His current 0.68 ...

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

Russia could've formed a dynamic roster, with the likes of Ovechkin, Nikita Kucherov, Evgeni Malkin, Kirill Kaprizov and Artemi Panarin up front, and the option of Igor Shesterkin or Andrei Vasilevsky ...