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

Years before it became obvious that Alex Ovechkin was going to smash the NHL’s all-time goals record, he had an unbroken five-season run leading the league in power-play goals. The 101 pucks he ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. --Alex Ovechkin was unable to move closer to Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record. Marc-Andre Fleury didn’t even play. Still, Ovechkin and Fleury shared likely a final moment of ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. --Alex Ovechkin probably won’t get another chance to victimize Marc-Andre Fleury during his relentless pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record. Filip Gustavsson will start ...

After breaking the 800-goal barrier during the 2022-23 season, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin now has his sights set on breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record of 894. Ovechkin ...

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

Alex Ovechkin has scored more goals against the Winnipeg Jets than against any other team in the NHL. He added to that total on Tuesday, scoring career goal No. 889 in his chase for hockey ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin (8) scores his 889th NHL goal against the Winnipeg Jets during the ...

Alex Ovechkin, a renowned NHL goal-scorer, overcame early doubts to become a hockey legend. His journey from Moscow to leading the Washington Capitals to their first Stanley Cup win in 2018 ...

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is six goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record. (Screencap/Capitals) As Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin inches closer to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley Cup after the Capitals defeated ...