When Brendan Morrison played for the Washington Capitals in 2009-10, he was amazed by the goal-scoring prowess of a young ...

Not only is Ovechkin on pace to break the record, he’s also trending to do it ahead of Gretzky. It took 1,487 career games to ...

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many ...

Alex Ovechkin is knocking on the door of hockey history and the title of the greatest scorer the sport has ever seen. The ...

Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are currently in Edmonton to take on the Oilers tomorrow night, and Ovechkin arrived to Rogers Place a little early to pay tribute to Wayne Gretzky.

Ovechkin did not score in the Capitals' 3–2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. However, he moved within 21 goals of passing Gretzky with No. 874 in his career after scoring the game-winner in ...

The Kraken play a rare three straight games against Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid, arguably three of the ...

Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL record for the most goaltenders scored on, beating Leevi Merilainen in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 874 goals and needs 21 to set a new record.

OTTAWA, Ontario — Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL record for the most goaltenders scored on, beating Leevi Merilainen in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Alex Ovechkin got one step closer to Wayne Gretzky and made more NHL history on Thursday night. Washington’s legendary No. 8 scored with 1:53 left in overtime to give the ...

James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL. Alexander Ovechkin’s pursuit of The Great One is approaching its final stage.