Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored goals in five of his first nine games back. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career ...

The Washington Capitals are fiddling with the lineup to try and help Alex Ovechkin break an all-time great scoring record.

Alex Ovechkin is creeping ever closer to NHL history. It's been known for some time that Ovechkin has a legitimate shot at ...

Here is a look at the life of Hall of Fame hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who is the all-time leading scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history, with 2,857 career points (894 career goals and 1,963 ...

Gretzky, Pang and Savard began by talking about their experiences playing outdoors. Gretzky told the story of when he was ...

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin speaks with Kyle Bukauskas about his recovery process over the past few weeks and what his mindset is as he continues to chase Wayne Gretzky's all-time ...

Washington's captain moved closer to Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career goals. Ovechkin was 25 back with 46 games remaining in the regular season. Ovechkin played his first game since fracturing ...

Ovechkin has 177 multi-goal games, second to Gretzky (189). Ovechkin, earlier this season, became the 60th player to record 700 career assists and is now at 707. He joined Gretzky, Gordie Howe ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL ...

Alex Ovechkin Is on Track to Break Wayne Gretzky's NHL Career Goals Record Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 868 goals after scoring 15 in the first 18 games this season.