Ovechkin wasn’t ready to talk postgame about being ready for his close-up in the state where Gretzky’s impact is still felt.

It was Ovechkin’s league-leading eighth empty-netter of the season and 65th of his career, which is the most of any player in ...

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

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

Both Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin added to their goal tallies on Sunday. For Crosby, he scored both his 20th and 21st of ...

Greg Cote’s Poll Dance is a weekly survey on a topic usually in sports. In today’s 35th installment: Alex Ovechkin is poised ...

Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin pulled within single digits of Wayne Gretzky, and he hit a historic milestone in the process ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 886 ...

Washington Capitals icon Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal Sunday against the Seattle Kraken to move within nine goals ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net Sunday to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.