Somewhere on somebody’s 200-foot sheet of ice in the coming weeks, a monumental achievement in sports history will be capped ...

The Washington Capitals clash with the Detroit Red Wings in a high-stakes match at Capital One Arena. Washington, leading the ...

Ross Mahoney, a Regina product who was the Capitals’ director of amateur scouting at the time, recalls meeting a 16-year-old ...

Everything is coming up crazy eights in the nation's capital. Alexander Ovechkin scored career goal No. 888 on Thursday and is now just seven from passing Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's all-time ...

NHL: Alexander Ovechkin is eight goals shy of tying Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record as the Washington Capitals face the San ...

NHL fans have their eyes locked on Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin this season and his chase for Hockey Hall ...

The NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer is expected to be in attendance for Alex Ovechkin's games as the Washington Capitals ...

They were right. The Capitals play the Sharks on Saturday at SAP Center with Ovechkin, now 39, just eight goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky atop the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring list.

"The Great Eight," as he's called, is in the final countdown of his chase for Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's all-time ...

As Alex Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, the Washington Capitals star shares a clear message about his ...

Wayne Gretzky (894) 2. Alex Ovechkin (887 ... slotting the puck in an empty net against the Florida Panthers. Alexander Ovechkin scores an empty-netter with 0.1 left to give him his 878th goal ...