It’s the hockey equivalent of Barry Bonds passing Hank Aaron with his 756th home run, or LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his 38,388th point — a modern legend chasing down one of the most ...

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin put his name in the NHL history books on April 6 when he officially broke Wayne Gretzky's record to become the league's leading all-time goal scorer.

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's long-standing goals record earlier this month when he scored his 895th career goal.

He's fourth in the NHL in goals this season with 43, even after missing 16 games with a broken leg. After passing Gretzky, ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer ... putting him on pace to break the record in one of the final two games of the season.

Ovechkin is now on pace to break Gretzky's career goals record by the end of this season, per all three methodologies ESPN Research has used. Alex Ovechkin scores a hat trick against the Oilers to ...