The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 5 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

Next on the list in the storied career of Alex Ovechkin will be breaking the goalscoring record of the great Wayne Gretzky. AP Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother Tatyana was a ...

Alex Ovechkin scored in the third period on Sunday afternoon against the Buffalo Sabres, putting him another step closer to becoming the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer. It was career goal No.