Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is 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 Gretzky's ...

Darren Pang made what he thought was an innocuous comment about Alex Ovechkin during Wednesday’s TNT broadcast of the Rangers-Capitals game. He awoke Thursday morning surprised he had sparked ou ...

Specifically: as the analyst talked about Alex Ovechkin and how the Washington Capitals star has thrived this year -- perhaps despite his age -- he called Ovechkin a "one-trick pony." All this as ...

But captain Alex Ovechkin is giving fans across the hockey world plenty of reason to tune into his team’s remaining games. Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, Ovechkin’s third-period ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is 11 goals away from making NHL history and breaking Wayne Gretzky's career goals record. Starting Wednesday, every goal Ovechkin scores in that quest ...

Washington Capitals star captain Alex Ovechkin is turning his pursuit of the NHL record for goals scored into a fundraiser for pediatric cancer. Ovechkin announced Wednesday the founding of "The ...

NEW YORK — Alex Ovechkin scored his 885th career goal midway through the third period of the Washington Capitals’ game against New York Rangers, moving nine away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s ...

Pinpointing exactly when the record will fall is more difficult, but if ticket prices in Washington D.C. are any indication, fans are expecting a historic moment for Ovechkin late in the regular ...

There is only one name left for Alex Ovechkin to catch atop the NHL all-time goal leaderboard, and it's the greatest one of them all. One of the most exciting races in the NHL for this season is ...

Ovechkin scored in the first meeting between the Capitals and Red Wings this season on Dec. 29, but Detroit came away with a 4-2 home win. Alex DeBrincat led the way with two goals.

Alex Ovechkin’s 32nd goal of the season and the 885th goal of his career midway through the third period knotted the game at 2 and left him within 10 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL ...