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Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

The Capitals have become The Elite Of The East while its Captain is hellbent to break another Gretzky record ... PLAYING THE MAN: New Jersey's Jack Hughes has emerged as a major force for the ...

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

Wayne Gretzky (center) and his brother, Keith, with their father, Walter, following an Edmonton Oilers game against the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 15, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford ...

As Alex Ovechkin chases down Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record, the Edmonton Oilers made quite a gesture toward the Washington Capitals captain. Ovechkin and the Capitals are visiting Edmonton ...

When Rangers’ Vincent Trocheck thinks of the late Johnny Gaudreau, he recalls the time they were both playing for Team USA at a 2013 World Junior event.

Nicolas Roy, Shea Theodore and Jack Eichel scored and Adin Hill made 16 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the New ...

The game is played as a benefit for fomer Toronto player Ace Bailey. Bailey suffers a skull fracture earlier in the season from a ...

Ovechkin is chasing Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record ... (At) Toronto 4, New Jersey 3 (OT): William Nylander scored his second goal of the game at 1:10 of overtime to give Toronto ...