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

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is surging with a four-game goal streak as he pursues Wayne Gretzky's NHL career ... then finished it with a shot from the right faceoff circle.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky ... Replays showed the shot crossed the line with 0.1 seconds left to make it a 6-3 ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record ... pulled the Capitals to 4-3 on a long wrist shot with 6:59 left. The 39-year-old Russian ...

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

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky ... Ovechkin fired a blast of a shot past Vezina Trophy front-runner Connor Hellebuyck ...

It’s been known for some time that Ovechkin has a legitimate shot at breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record should he stay healthy and keep up his blistering scoring pace. And even after ...

On Thursday night in Ottawa, Ovechkin beat Leevi Merilainen with a snap shot from the left face-off ... He needs 20 more to match Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record of 894, and 21 to set a new ...