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

Many thought Alex Ovechkin would be pursuing history on a sinking ship, but the Caps GM's savvy additions have the team atop ...

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...

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 ...

While in the Hall of Fame’s famed Stick Storage Centre, which holds more than 4,000 sticks, the oldest dating to 1875, Ovechkin was fascinated with an old, wooden one with a long flat blade. It ...

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 ...

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 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, 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 ...

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin is on the doorstep of an NHL record that many thought was unbreakable. The 39-year-old Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals ...

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 ...