Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is poised to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. How he got so close.

The Washington Capitals superstar continues to close in on Gretzky’s longstanding record of 894 career NHL goals.

Alex Ovechkin is just five goals short of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record of 894 goals. As Ovechkin continues ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is chasing Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. Can he break it this season?

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 889 ...

The Washington Capitals superstar continues to close in on Gretzky's longstanding record of 894 career NHL goals.

Alex Ovechkin has a total of 889 goals to his name and is slowly and steadily nearing Wayne Gretzky's 894 goal record.

Aliaksei Protas scored his first NHL hat trick on ... Ovechkin's gesture was commendable as he is just nine goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record. But instead of scoring ...

Alex Ovechkin moved five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring the 890th goal of his career in the ...

For Alex Ovechkin, scoring the 890th goal of his career wasn’t such a sweet moment; in fact, moving five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky ... said it was Aliaksei Protas’ shorthanded ...