Heading into the Capitals’ final 27 games, Ovechkin has 879 goals during his 20 NHL seasons, including 26 goals in 39 games ...

Russia's Alexander Ovechkin shoots during practice at the ... Dmitry Kulikov of the Florida Panthers recently played in his 1,000th regular-season NHL game and is just five years younger than ...

WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th NHL goal in the Washington Capitals 6-3 win against the Florida Panthers at Capital One Arena on Tuesday.

Lars Eller and Nic Dowd each scored a goal early in the third period and captain Alex Ovechkin added career goal No. 878, ...

Head coach Spencer Carbery defended his tactic of throwing out the team's best goal scorer when, typically, teams are looking ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career record, and the Washington Capitals defeated ...

and the Washington Capitals defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers 6-3 on Tuesday night. Ovechkin’s goal puts him 17 away from breaking Gretzky’s mark of 894 that once ...

Now closing in on Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record, the 39-year-old Ovechkin is now playing against many of those youngsters who grew up watching his highlights and hoping they could be like the ...

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894. "The Great One" ...

The Washington Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers ... With the victory party already underway, Alexander Ovechkin cashed in a buzzer-beater that moved him one skate closer to Wayne Gretzky ...

It's been a busy visit to our nation's capital for the Florida Panthers ... story surrounding the Caps early on was superstar Alexander Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s all time goal ...