Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record to help the ...

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

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

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

ARLINGTON, V.A. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock in the Washington Capitals ' win over the Florida Panthers on ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

Marcel Dionne and Phil Esposito as the only players with 700 goals and 700 assists. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the ...

Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington ...

Former Washington Capitals forward Brendan Leipsic, who now plays for HC Sibir Novosibirskб shared his thoughts with ...

He's a great goal scorer." But the measure of a great hockey player isn't only how many goals they rack up. Consider how Ovechkin compares to his contemporaries on career points – goals and ...