NEW YORK — Alex Ovechkin fired just about the perfect version of his signature one-timer that has defined his remarkable career. When the puck hit the net, it made him the top goal scorer in NHL ...

Wilson was speaking about the exploits of Ovechkin, whose two-decade chase of the NHL career record for goals had come to an end 2 hours and 21 minutes earlier. He scored No. 895 as he’d scored ...

Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals was once considered unbreakable. Then Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin broke it Sunday. "They say records are meant to be broken, but I'm not sure ...

“I thought it was perfect,” said Strome, who has assisted on 21 of Ovechkin’s 42 goals this season. “Everything about it was perfect: the way he shot it, the way he wound up and shot i ...

With a goal against the New York Islanders, Ovechkin now has 895 in his career, surpassing Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time leader in goals. With Gretzky on hand to watch his record fall ...

Alex Ovechkin has maintained his track record of being a dangerous goal scorer throughout his career, and he will go down as one of the top offensive players in NHL history. Ovechkin finally ...

Ovechkin recently broke the record as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895 goals and Kolzig reached out to congratulate his former Capitals teammate. According to a tweet from Kolzig ...

For more than a quarter century, the question of who was the greatest goalscorer in National Hockey League history wasn’t really a question at all. The answer was right there in his name.

Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the ...

The 39-year-old overtook Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894 goals after scoring in the second period in the Washington Capitals 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders in Elmont, New York. Ovechkin rocketed ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career. The Washington Capitals’ captain made history Sunday ...