Wayne Gretzky will reportedly be in the crowd when Washington Capitals left winger Alex Ovechkin breaks his NHL goalscoring record.

In today’s links, big minutes, and important evaluations, for the core, Beck’s ceiling, checking in on the East wild-card hopefuls, Hage’s season on standby, Ovechkin scores, as do Crosby and ...

Humans are full of contradictions. However, we live in peace with our contradictions because we manage to compartmentalize ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal of the afternoon against the Edmonton Oilers and the 880 th of his career, he skated to the glass at a raucous Capital One Arena and fist-bumped a little boy ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. After scoring four times over the past two games, Ovechkin has 883 goals and needs 12 ...

Ovechkin has also rarely been injured ... in an endless party dubbed “The Summer of Ovi,” he welcomed his first son, Sergei, named after his late brother. Two years later, his second son ...

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates with his son Sergei (not pictured) after the Capitals game against the Edmonton Oilers (image credit: IMAGN) Washington Capitals forward ...

Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals got a massive boost on Sunday, with the Washington Capitals star scoring not just one, not two, but three goals in a 7-3 win at the ...

One of the interesting things is that Ovechkin's youngest son asked him for three goals. The experienced hockey player did not leave his son's request in the dust, scoring three goals and once again ...

Slafkovský’s new groove, the trade deadline approaches, notes from the Skate for L.A. Strong charity game, and Ovechkin moves within 13 goals of Gretzky’s record.