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

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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It marked his sixth empty-net goal of the year and his 25th of the season overall, putting him just 17 away from passing ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

The Washington Capitals have trailed in the third period in each of their previous two games including Saturday night. Each ...

Washington found itself trailing 2-0 after the first and being heavily outshot, as Winnipeg capitalized on some tough bounces ...

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

- Pierre-Luc Dubois is riding a three-game point streak and has points in five of his last six. His 25 points over the last ...

Gretzky scored 894 goals in the NHL. Ovechkin pulled the Capitals to 4-3 on a long wrist shot with 6:59 left. The 39-year-old Russian star then set up Dylan Strome's tying goal with 5:29 remaining.

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

After a tepid start, Ovechkin’s odds shot up quickly thanks to a hot stretch where he scored 13 goals in 11 games. With 15 goals in 18 games, Ovechkin’s odds peaked at 65 percent on Nov. 18.