Heading into the Capitals’ final 27 games, Ovechkin has 879 goals during his 20 NHL seasons, including 26 goals in 39 games ...

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894. "The Great One" ...

The break did Evgeni Malkin a lot of good, as he is good to go for Saturday’s matchup with Washington after missing six ...

If Alex Ovechkin was going to shatter Wayne ... The Capitals were a surprise playoff entrant under first-year coach Spencer Carbery last season. An aggressive offseason augmentation of that ...

Until now, a year when the ubiquitous championship ... (Apparently Ovie has fallen by the wayside somewhere.) Ovechkin is the first Russian-born captain in NHL history to lead his team to a ...

A couple decades later Gordie Howe finished his 33-year career with 801 goals ... during Gretzky's and Ovechkin's first seasons. To be fair, goalies wore more modern-day uniforms in Gretzky's ...

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

Ivan Miroshnichenko, Washington's first-round pick in 2022 who has been ... Wyatt Johnston was still in diapers growing up in Toronto when Ovechkin and Crosby — picked No. 1 in the NHL draft a year ...

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin is about to make history as he inches closer to beating Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 ...

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

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

The 39-year-old Russian is in his 20th NHL ... Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nov. 13, 2024 ...