It’s the hockey equivalent of Barry Bonds passing Hank Aaron with his 756th home run, or LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his 38,388th point — a modern legend chasing down one of the most ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 892nd career goal Wednesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs three goals in the team's final seven regular season games ...

In a historic moment for hockey, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin surpassed Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals ...

Moments after he scored the record-breaking goal in the Capitals’ 4-1 loss to the Islanders at UBS Arena in New York, the ...

Another special moment awaits if and win Ovechkin scores his 895th goal to break one of hockey’s records that had looked ...

You could tell he wanted this. Not that he ever made much secret of that—he’s got a goalscorer’s heart, and the logical conclusion of scoring goals, if you’re great and prolific and ageless, is that ...

Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has broken the NHL goals record held by Wayne Gretzky by scoring the 895th of his career ... Toronto in the Capitals' first game out of the Christmas break.

The moment Alex Ovechkin erased Wayne Gretzky's name from the top of the NHL's career goals list, Gretzky celebrated.

Alex Ovechkin made history when he scored against the New York Islanders on a power play in the second period.