When Alex Ovechkin hosted Washington Capitals teammates for his 39th birthday dinner in September, he made it clear his focus ...

Alex Ovechkin ended the season with 897 goals after scoring in the Washington Capitals’ regular-season finale Thursday night.

In his 20th NHL season with one season remaining on his contract after this one, Ovechkin is running out of opportunities to ...

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin put his name in the NHL history books on April 6 when he officially broke Wayne Gretzky's record to become the league's leading all-time goal scorer.

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 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 ...

Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's long-standing goals record earlier this month when he scored his 895th career goal.

The 2024-25 NHL regular season saw several of the league's all-time greatest players dominate the scoring duel. Edmonton ...

Ovechkin is now on pace to break Gretzky's career goals record by the end of this season, per all three methodologies ESPN Research has used. Alex Ovechkin scores a hat trick against the Oilers to ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break ...

With the season wrapping up, Ally Chesham takes a look at some of the surprises from the past seven months — the teams and ...

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