Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

The Washington Capitals had chosen their weapon—the first overall pick in the 2004 NHL Draft, a young Russian ... playoff success continued to elude Alex Ovechkin. Source: Imagn During this ...

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

With the yellow skate laces and tinted visor, the goal celebrations and gap-toothed smile, Alex Ovechkin became a role model ...

If Alex Ovechkin was going to shatter Wayne ... dynastic run by tearing down the roster to the foundations in order to draft Connor Bedard and subsequently linger in the league's basement.

In the third period between the Capitals and Senators, Alex Ovechkin inched closer to Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record.

Alex Ovechkin became the second player in NHL history ... Ovechkin, who was selected by Washington with the No. 1 pick in the 2004 NHL Draft, has never scored fewer than 24 goals in his 20 NHL ...

Rather than ice a roster merely helping Ovi break Gretzky's record, the Caps have been one of the NHL's best. Here's how they threaded the needle.

MAHONEY HAS RUN the Capitals' draft for 27 years ... A promise made was a promise kept for the Capitals. Alex Ovechkin is thriving on a Stanley Cup contender, as the gap between his goal total ...