Alex Ovechkin is continuing to make NHL history for the Washinton Capitals, passing Wayne Gretzky on another all-time list.

“We dug up the tapes,” Gretzky was told as a clip of him promising the car to Ovi was shown. “Cause the owner said he couldn’t buy him a car, so I was trying to pump him up to get there quickly,” the ...

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All Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin does is break records.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The floor was wet. Beyond that, inside the visitors’ locker room at UBS Arena, there weren’t many obvious signs of what took place Sunday, what Alex Ovechkin accomplished. It felt ...

Only Wayne Gretzky with 894 has more goals than Ovechkin’s 810, of which only 40 have been unassisted. Setting up the greatest-goal scorer of this generation and perhaps one day hockey’s best is an ...

Ovechkin picked up an assist Monday in a 4-1 win over the Islanders.

While regular-season goals are impressive, Ovechkin's postseason performance is equally noteworthy. In 161 Stanley Cup playoff games, he has scored 77 goals, making him the highest active goal-scorer ...

WASHINGTON, November 6. /TASS/. Superstar Russian ice hockey forward Alexander Ovechkin scored a milestone 900th goal for the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, extending his own NHL record for ...

March 11 - 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 ...

NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin became the first player in the league's history to score 900 goals on Wednesday night — and then the goalie he scored on tried to hide the puck. The Washington Capitals ...