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

Ovechkin scored 2:26 into overtime to give the Capitals a 3-2 victory against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Eastern ...

Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin had seemingly done it all in hockey, leading the Washington Capitals to the Stanley Cup in 2018, earning the Hart Trophy as MVP three times and breaking Wayne Gretzky’s ...

"Well, I have one more year, and we’ll see what’s gonna happen," Ovechkin said. "I love the team, I love being around the ...

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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.

A three-game win streak came to a screeching halt for the Kraken in the form of a 7-1 loss at Utah on Tuesday, a game that ...

WASHINGTON -- The decision was obvious when hockey aficionado Jake Irvin picked out what to wear to Nationals Park on Monday. The day after Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s long-standing NHL goals ...

Alex Ovechkin has been the trendiest name in sports ... ‘I accomplished and broke a record that was never going to be broken.’ But that’s in the rearview mirror for the time being.

And funnily enough, Alex made almost exactly the same prediction about Wayne's long-standing record nine years ago. Back in 2016, Ovechkin was asked by Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman about the ...