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 ...

he then turned toward Gretzky, who was in attendance and watching the game in a suite, to point and bowed to acknowledge the NHL legend. Ovechkin will have a chance to break the record Sunday when ...

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 ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has spent more than a week as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer and will have one ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ... In a press conference after the game, Gretzky said he was "proud" to now share the record with Ovechkin and joked he "can live with that for 24 more ...

One way Ovechkin refused to get No. 895 was into an empty net. He told coach Spencer Carbery and others he wanted no part of passing Gretzky like that. "He wants to break the record with a ...

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 ...

The 39-year-old Russian star, who broke the goals record long held by Gretzky on April ... game out of the Christmas break. The missing time only seemed to make Ovechkin more determined.