Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Image Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By MaggieMae Dethlefsen 895 goals scored were celebrated by the Washington Capitals with ...

MONTREAL -- It was well before the Washington Capitals would be headed to Bell Centre to play the Montreal Canadiens during ...

1985 — For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points in a Cup game (3 goals, 4 assists). 1989 — Mario Lemieux ties NHL playoff records with four first-period goals, five overall and eight points as the ...

Alex Ovechkin, at 39, continues his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's records, now setting his sights on Gretzky's NHL career ...

Mark Jarry and Gabriel Borduas travelled to several U.S. cities over the years and didn’t want to miss the latest chance to ...

Alex Ovechkin smacked an airborne puck into the net with his stick blade for the first playoff overtime goal of his career, ...

Alex Ovechkin scored twice, including his first career playoff overtime goal as the Capitals beat the Canadiens.

Alex Ovechkin scored his first overtime playoff goal for the Washington Capitals in Game 1, securing a win over the Montreal Canadiens. The 39-year-ol ...

Alex Ovechkin added another accomplishment to his illustrious career just over two weeks since breaking Wayne Gretzky's ...

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin reached hockey immortality by breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record (895 goals) ...