The formal countdown is underway for when Ovechkin surpasses Wayne Gretzky’s 894 lifetime goals, a number regarded at various ...

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky for the all-time NHL goals record. In his pursuit of Gretzky, Ovechkin has ...

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

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 ...

Ovechkin is on the verge of breaking one of Wayne Gretzky's most-storied records and The Great One plans on witnessing that ...

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

As Ovechkin closes in on passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history — the Washington Capitals superstar, with 886 goals, was nine short of eclipsing Gretzky’s record of 894 going into the ...

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.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 884 goals and needs 10 to tie and 11 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the ...

Alexander Ovechkin is creeping up on Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record, entering Tuesday night's Washington Capitals-Anaheim Ducks game with 886, only eight fewer than The Great One's 894. Yet he ...