Nearly every NHL fan is keeping close tabs on Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin as he inches closer to breaking the ...

If Tom Wilson could do his break over, he said he probably should have headed down to Miami with Alex Ovechkin, who was ...

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

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin is about to make history as he inches closer to beating Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 ...

Is now the time to be buying or selling Alex Ovechkin cards as he closes in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record?

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

On Friday, the franchise will unveil a plaque next to the Washington Harbor fountain in Georgetown where Alex Ovechkin ...

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many jerseys up on the wall. A memorabilia collector himself, Ovechkin owns a stick ...

The NHL’s Olympic shutdown can’t come soon enough for the Capitals and Alex Ovechkin, who posted a career ... are one regulation loss and one New Jersey Devils win from falling to seventh ...

Meanwhile, the Capitals begin a five-game road trip in Edmonton on Tuesday as they hold a nine-point lead over the New Jersey Devils for the Metropolitan Division lead. Ovechkin is 25 goals away ...

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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