Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky for the all-time NHL goals record. In his pursuit of Gretzky, Ovechkin has ...

The formal countdown is underway for when Ovechkin surpasses Wayne Gretzky’s 894 lifetime goals, a number regarded at various ...

Ross Mahoney, a Regina product who was the Capitals’ director of amateur scouting at the time, recalls meeting a 16-year-old ...

The Washington Capitals clash with the Detroit Red Wings in a high-stakes match at Capital One Arena. Washington, leading the ...

NHL fans have their eyes locked on Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin this season and his chase for Hockey Hall ...

NHL: Alexander Ovechkin is eight goals shy of tying Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record as the Washington Capitals face the San ...

The NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer is expected to be in attendance for Alex Ovechkin's games as the Washington Capitals ...

Ovechkin is on the verge of breaking one of Wayne Gretzky's most-storied records and The Great One plans on witnessing that ...

"The Great Eight," as he's called, is in the final countdown of his chase for Hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's all-time ...

As Ovechkin closes in on passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history — the Washington Capitals superstar, with 886 goals, was nine short of eclipsing Gretzky’s record of 894 going into the ...

They were right. The Capitals play the Sharks on Saturday at SAP Center with Ovechkin, now 39, just eight goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky atop the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring list.

Alexander Ovechkin, or the "Great Eight" as he's called, is now exactly — checks notes — well, his jersey number of goals ...