Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is on pace to score the most NHL regular-season goals, but he trails Kings great Wayne ...

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

Greg Cote’s Poll Dance is a weekly survey on a topic usually in sports. In today’s 35th installment: Alex Ovechkin is poised ...

It was Ovechkin’s league-leading eighth empty-netter of the season and 65th of his career, which is the most of any player in ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Wayne Gretzky was so able to control hockey games from behind the net that the area became known as “Gretzky ...

Alex Ovechkin takes his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record to the West Coast this week as the Washington Capitals begin a three-game road trip Tuesday night against the Anaheim Ducks ...

Grand Rapids winger Cross Hanas was named the first star in a 3-2 victory against the Moose on Wednesday at Canada Life ...

Ovechkin wasn’t ready to talk postgame about being ready for his close-up in the state where Gretzky’s impact is still felt.

Alex Ovechkin is nearing Wayne Gretzky's all-time record of 894 goals. With 885 goals already scored and 20 games left in the ...

Alex Ovechkin now stands just nine goals away from Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record ... awaits the moment when he makes it formal as the greatest goal scorer ever in the history of the NHL.

It was never a question of whether Gretzky would score on any given night—only how often. Growing up in Caledon, Ontario, as ...