Alex Ovechkin is now five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 890th of his career in the ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...

Oveckha means “little lamb” in Russian; his family is anything but. Ovechkin’s parents were highly successful athletes in the Soviet sports machine. His mother, Tatyana, won Olympic ...

Marc-Andre Fleury reflects on the goals he conceded to Alexander Ovechkin and lauds Ovechkin's chance to break Wayne Gretzky's scoring record. Ovechkin, with 889 career goals, is just six goals ...

Anastasia Shubskaya, wife of Alexander Ovechkin, is more than a hockey wife. Growing up in Russia, she pursued modeling, acting, and film production. The couple met at the 2008 Beijing Olympics ...

Alex Ovechkin is approaching Wayne Gretzky's NHL goalscoring record. Here's what to know about the Washington Capitals star's family.

All these years later, even though you know what’s coming, it’s still stunning, still a miraculous and magnificent moment in hockey history: a 20-year-old rookie by the name of Alexander ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer player and they were traveling with their teams, leaving no one to take ...

Alexander Ovechkin is well on his way to doing what once was unthinkable and breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record for most goals scored in the National Hockey League. But on his pursuit to the record ...

ESPN+ is planning five exclusive alternate telecasts known as “the OviCast” as viewers track the Alex Ovechkin’s chase of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record. The first special ...

We are standing here in the entranceway to Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, D.C. Hockey fans are streaming through the gates 'cause the Capitals are about to play the Philadelphia Flyers ...