Ovechkin scored his 22nd goal of the season to push his career total to 875. Gretzky scored 894 goals in the NHL.

With his overtime goal on Thursday, Alex Ovechkin has now scored against 179 different goalies in his NHL career — more than ...

Yet there's only one player in NHL history that was a teammate to both Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin. His name is Mike Knuble, a winger who played 16 hardscrabble seasons in the NHL. And he was ...

The 39-year-old winger took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on a 2-on-1 breakaway and fired it past rookie Leevi Merilainen, the ...

Across Ovechkin’s career, he’s logged 709 assists to go with his 873 goals. That’s a staggering 1,254 fewer than The Great ...

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin is officially set to make his return to chasing Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals ... that kept him sidelines for 16 games. Ovechkin suffered the injury ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky ... He missed 16 games but resumed his pursuit at Toronto in the Capitals ...

One of the most exciting races in the NHL for this season is Ovechkin's chase to break Wayne Gretzky's goal record. The Great One's mark of 894 has stood for over nearly three decades, and it was ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin ...