Alex Ovechkin wanted to keep the hockey stick used when he scored his record-breaking goal. No, not that stick. Not the one he used to fire a one-timer past New York Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin ...

Now that Alex Ovechkin is one goal away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time record, everyone is trying to witness history in person. Those trying to get into UBS Arena for Sunday afternoon's ...

Alex Ovechkin scored another goal to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's record and helped the Washington Capitals end a three-game losing streak on Tuesday. Ovechkin scored a power-play goal in the ...

The moment Alex Ovechkin scored his record-breaking 895th career goal with 7:26 gone in the second period against the New York Islanders on Sunday, play stopped and the celebration began.

Ovechkin remembered him as the chase for Gretzky ... lot a year later when Washington got over the hump with a six-game knockout of the champs in the second round, on the way to the franchise's ...

Much has changed over the course of Alex Ovechkin's career, including the record books. The Washington Capitals star is expected to rewrite those very soon when he scores his 895th career goal to ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Ovechkin’s famous one-timer has been an NHL wonder for two decades ...

The Athletic has live coverage of Alex Ovechkin’s journey to break Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record. WASHINGTON — Sometime soon — Sunday maybe, perhaps Thursday — Alex Ovechkin will ...

Ovechkin was asked in an appearance on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday whether he thought in 2020 that breaking Gretzky’s record would be possible. Gretzky tapped Ovechkin as the one to do it, if ...

With the 895th goal of his career, Alex Ovechkin has passed Wayne Gretzky in all-time goals. Ovechkin beat many goalies in many different ways with an unlimited bag of tricks, but his greatest ...

Yes, Gretzky was on hand as Alex Ovechkin broke his goal-scoring record of 894. But Gretzky also honored Mr. Hockey himself. The Great One wore a No. 9 red pin over the left side of his chest ...

For more than a quarter century, the question of who was the greatest goalscorer in National Hockey League history wasn’t really a question at all. The answer was right there in his name.