The Great 8's dominance is easy to grasp. More challenging is figuring out where he now fits in the context of other hockey greats.

The Washington Capitals player scored his 895th NHL career goal, prompting praise from Russian media and politicians.

Most of the goalies Ovechkin came across during his NHL career have conceded a goal to the Russian superstar, but not all of them. In total, there were just 28 goalies that Ovechk

The Vancouver Canucks are auctioning off six signed jerseys from Alex Ovechkin to celebrate the Washington Capitals star becoming the NHL's all-time leading scorer. Ovechkin scored Washington's lone goal in a 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Sunday night,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Alex Ovechkin for setting an "outstanding record" as the NHL's all time top goal-scorer.

Alex Ovechkin scored his record-breaking 895th career goal, but the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Sunday. Marc Gatcomb had two goals, Bo Horvat and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored,

With his 895th career goal on Sunday, the Washington Capitals star has accomplished what was once unthinkable and surpassed “The Great One,” Wayne Gretzky, as the all-time leading goal scorer in NHL history.

In Gretzky’s first 12 seasons (1979-80 through 1990-91), during which Gretzky scored an almost unfathomable 718 goals — 12 40-goal seasons, nine 50-goal seasons, five 60-goal seasons, two 70-goal seasons,

Alexander Ovechkin became the leading goal scorer in NHL history on Sunday afternoon when he broke a tie atop the leaderboard with Wayne Gretzky by scoring his 895th career goal in the second period of the Washington Capitals' 4-1 loss to the host New York Islanders.