Alexander Ovechkin is closing in on the record for the most goals scored in the National Hockey League. While his achievement ...

Sidney Crosby’s career-long point-per-game consistency led to the Pittsburgh Penguins captain breaking an NHL record he ...

Look at the journey Alex Ovechkin took from being a prodigious talent in Russia to being on the verge of becoming the most ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...

He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life,” said Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who met Alex Ovechkin as a teenager. “He was determined. He was one of the ...

Ovechkin has been the center of attention in Washington as he chases down Gretzky’s 894, but the Capitals are among the top teams in the NHL. With a 43-15-8 record, only the Winnipeg Jets have ...

The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 9 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

Former Columbus Blue Jackets goalie, Pascal Leclaire, was given something he'll cherish forever. By now, you've heard that Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin is just eight goals from tying ...

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates by pointing towards his son Sergei (not pictured) in the stands after the Capitals' game against the Seattle Kraken (image credit ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin needs eight goals in the team's final 15 regular season games to break Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career goals. That's a pace of 0.53 goals a game and he ...