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Growing up in Moscow, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin never thought he'd be a star. He'd just hoped he had what it ...

The only person near Ovechkin who could be remotely considered a modern peer is Jaromir Jagr, who played 24 seasons from 1990 ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin enters Tuesday night's home game against the Detroit Red Wings eight goals short of becoming the most prolific scorer in NHL history.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 887 goals and needs seven to tie and eight to break the record.

Washington (42-14-8), which has won four in a row, is tied with the Winnipeg Jets for first in the NHL with 92 points.

The 2024-25 NHL season has hit the home stretch, as teams are starting to scoreboard watch across the league, with the ...

The NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer is expected to be in attendance for Alex Ovechkin’s games as the Washington Capitals ...

Aliaksei Protas had the first hat trick of his NHL career, Alex Ovechkin and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had three points and the ...

Leon Draisaitl will look to extend his NHL career-high point streak to 16 games; the center has 23 points (11 goals, 12 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scores 887th career goal to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

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