Alex Ovechkin scored the fifth goal in a 7-4 win to get No. 872 and move 23 back of breaking Gretzky’s record of 894 that ...

"The Great One" label is the nickname that hockey fans, coaches and commentators alike call Gretzky, who spent 20 years in ...

Ovechkin is 23 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history and scored again in a wild 7-4 victory over the New York Rangers. Postgame, he was asked — as was to be expected ...

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals appeared to be at a crossroads after being swept by the New York ...

The Washington Capitals lost a shootout contest against the Minnesota Wild in their recent contest. They managed to snag a point against a rock solid Wild team ...

A hockey player's number is part of their identity, nearly synonymous with their name. Here's how the Kraken players ended up ...

Marc-Andre Fleury figures Alex Ovechkin probably owes him for helping Ovechkin close in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals ...

Ryan Hartman scored for the first time in a month and a half and assisted on Rossi’s tying goal, and Yakov Trenin scored a ...

Marco Rossi tied it in the third period, Matt Boldy scored the shootout winner and ...

“New year loading …,” Gretzky captioned Thursday’s Instagram photo carousel of the celebrations, which featured an abundance ...

The win moved the Blues back above .500 to an 18-17-4 record and gave them wins in three of their last four games.

At this point, the record falling looks imminent. But when? Now that's an interesting and possibly infuriating question.