Ovechkin has 34 goals and 21 assists in 51 games. Factoring in the 16 games he missed, that is a 44-goal pace, giving him a chance to reach the 42 goals he needs to break the record this season.

Washington Capitals' legend Alex Ovechkin set the all-time goals record this past season, besting Wayne Gretzky's previous ...

NEW YORK -- After Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL record-breaking 895th goal -- in vintage Ovechkin fashion, from his "office," on an old-school wrist shot -- he skated to center ice and belly flopped.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has ...

Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals was once considered unbreakable. Then Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin broke it Sunday. "They say records are meant to be broken, but I'm not sure who ...

There are a lot of impressive things about Alex Ovechkin's climb to the top of the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leaderboard. The first, and most obvious, is just the actual number itself. Scoring ...

As Ovechkin has chased Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 goals — a mark he equaled on Friday night — his one-timer remains a critical part of his success and a major element of his mystique.

The Washington Capitals star came into Friday's game two goals shy of tying the NHL's career record, set decades ago by the great Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals have six games left in the regular season.

Ovechkin already owns the NHL records for power-play goals with 316 and shots on goal with 6,690. He also has 132 game-winning goals, four away from breaking Jaromir Jagr's mark (135).

I've already had a few readers ask where Alex Ovechkin's goal would rank on this list of the best record-breakers in NHL history. While we haven’t had time to run all the numbers quite yet, I ...

Ovechkin has 22 goals and 12 assists in 34 games. Factoring in the 16 games he missed, that is a 43-goal pace, giving him a chance to break the record this season.

Ovechkin has 31 goals and 17 assists in 45 games. Factoring in the 16 games he missed, that is a 45-goal pace, giving him a chance to reach the 42 goals he needs to break the record this season.