It was Ovechkin’s league-leading eighth empty-netter of the season and 65th of his career, which is the most of any player in ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward has already ...

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

Wild goalie Fleury could face Penguins for final time; Blue Jackets visit Rangers competing for wild card in East ...

Greg Cote’s Poll Dance is a weekly survey on a topic usually in sports. In today’s 35th installment: Alex Ovechkin is poised ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 885th career goal midway through the third period of the Washington Capitals’ game against New York ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Wayne Gretzky was so able to control hockey games from behind the net that the area became known as “Gretzky ...

Ovechkin wasn’t ready to talk postgame about being ready for his close-up in the state where Gretzky’s impact is still felt.

Alex Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals, Hockey Fights Cancer and the V Foundation launched an initiative to raise awareness ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 884 ...