Capitals’ star Alex Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky’s legendary NHL goal record as he continues his 20th season.

Alex Ovechkin scored at the 10:25 mark of the third period to lift the Capitals 3-2 over the Nashville Predators, who drop to ...

Alex Ovechkin scoring to hand the Nashville Predators another defeat and keep his Washington Capitals rolling was not surprising to the folks on the other side who have seen him a lot over the years.

For the first time in his career, there is no one between Ovechkin and Gretzky on the all-time list. He passed Gordie Howe ...

Nine games into the Washington Capitals' season, Alex Ovechkin is scoring at a rate that would put him past Wayne Gretzky as soon as this spring.

He currently has 855 career tallies and if he wants to pull off this accomplishment in 2024-25, he will need to record 39 goals in order to top Wayne Gretzky’s league record. In 2023-24, Ovi put up 31 ...

In the final two years of his NHL career, the iconic Alexander Ovechkin will be chasing down Wayne Gretzky's goal record, and the Capitals forward understands how special it is. Ovechkin scored ...

Let’s find out. This is probably the biggest what-if in NHL history: What if Wayne Gretzky was traded to Detroit instead of Los Angeles? Does the Red Wings dynasty start 10 years earlier with ...

Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Capitals star, who scored 42 goals two ...

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According to NHL Stats, the players who got to 1,000 points the quickest are the two that you’d expect. Wayne Gretzky needed just 424 games, and Mario Lemieux took 513. They were also the two youngest ...