Ovechkin beat Fleury for his 871st career goal, scoring on him for a 28th time in 47 games against him over the past two decades in the NHL. Wilson and Martin Fehervary had the other goals for the ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 871 goals and needs 24 to set a new record. Ovechkin entered the ...

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin is inching closer to an NHL scoring record that many thought was unbreakable. The ...

Ovechkin will resume play when the Washington Capitals visit the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sidney Crosby (a game-time decision ...

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record. Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured ... in his chase of Gretzky's goal record: Ovechkin has 871 career goals. Ovechkin needs 24 goals to break Gretzky's record.

Alex Ovechkin is creeping ever closer to NHL history. It’s been known for some time that Ovechkin has a legitimate shot at breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record should he stay healthy ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marco Rossi tied it in the third period, Matt Boldy scored the shootout winner and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday night after Alex ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin enters the 4 Nations Face-Off break with a chance to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, who scored 15 times in ...