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

FILE - Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, celebrates after scoring his third goal of an NHL hockey game during ...

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Logan Cooley was born in Pittsburgh just 17 months before Sidney Crosby debuted in the NHL and his hometown Penguins won ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 879 ...

Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are nine games on the schedule for Thursday, ...

Stay updated on Alex Ovechkin's incredible goal-scoring journey with our live tracker, stats, and milestones as he chases NHL ...

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also the only one not ...

Alexander Ovechkin is inching ever so close to breaking the National Hockey League goal record. His Washington Capitals faced ...

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record with 28 games left in the season ...