The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 9 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin needs eight goals in the team's final 15 regular season games to break Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career goals. That's a pace of 0.53 goals a game and he ...

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 ...

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an empty-net goal in the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the ...

Alex Ovechkin became the 11th player to reach 1,600 career NHL points with an empty-net goal in a 4-2 win over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday (March 10). While the goal inches him closer to the NHL ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals' 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, moving nine back of breaking Wayne ...

Well, in the record books at least. Because with nine more goals, Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky’s total of 894, a mark once considered untouchable. But for Kings TV analyst Jim Fox ...

The Washington Capitals hosted the Seattle Kraken on Sunday afternoon, looking to pick up their fourth straight win and extend their lead in the Metropolitan division. Seattle struck first, taking ...