No one wanted to see Alexander Ovechkin get hurt. But, such is the National Hockey League. The last time Utah Hockey Club ...

Washington’s hockey star chases Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record the way his team seeks the NHL’s best record: ...

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

Ovechkin has for two decades been a role model for kids watching hockey all around the world, from his homeland in Russia to ...

Over the last 25 years, the NHL has only continued to get more skilled and more entertaining. Today, we're going to celebrate ...

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

Alex Ovechkin. “That's the real one,” said Cooley, who's now playing for the Utah Hockey Club. “He was my favorite player growing up.” Cooley is not alone. Ovechkin has for two decades ...

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

Marcel Dionne and Phil Esposito as the only players with 700 goals and 700 assists. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the ...

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also one of just two ...