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The playoffs are six games away, but the Capitals first want to make sure Ovechkin gets the record all to himself.

He admitted he could do so against Alex Ovechkin, soon to be the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer, possibly as soon as ...

Ovechkin still has one more step to take, and as soon as the subject turned to trying to score his record-breaking 895th ...

Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, two of the greatest players in NHL history, have many things in common. Chief among ...

Witness Ovi's evolution from rock star rookie to "young gun" to Cup winner to chasing Gretzky (and much more).

Alex Ovechkin will reach the summit. In a career jammed with consequential goals, none will be remembered more than the next ...

After failing to convert on multiple chances late in the game for his record-breaking 895th goal, Ovechkin will next have the ...

In signature dramatic fashion, Ovechkin scored the 894th goal of his career — and second of the game — to tie Gretzky’s NHL record and set off a wild celebration among his Washington Capitals ...

At the time of publication, Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is two goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record.

John Davidson has difficulty remembering the last time Wayne Gretzky visited his childhood home across the street in this small city a couple hours’ drive southwest of Toronto. The modestly plain ...

He has 12 goals in his last 18 games and eight games remaining this season to catch Gretzky. The 39-year-old Russian also ...