Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

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Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

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Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

ARLINGTON, Va. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Washington Capitals' win over the Florida Panthers on ...

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Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The ...

And with that, the Russian sniper is just 20 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time record. Expand Tweet It was Ovechkin's 22nd goal of the season in just 32 games, and the 39-year-old is up ...