Look at the journey Alex Ovechkin took from being a prodigious talent in Russia to being on the verge of becoming the most ...

Barry Trotz on how Ovechkin has continued to evolve as opponents adjust to him: "He could take hard coaching, and that’s very ...

Fleury plans to retire after this, his 21st NHL season, though, So unless Gustavsson doesn’t finish the game Thursday, the 40 ...

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

Hockey fans once again will be focused on Alex Ovechkin when the Washington Capitals face off against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn.

The Washington Capitals superstar continues to close in on Gretzky’s longstanding record of 894 career NHL goals.

If Alex Ovechkin ends up breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record of 894 goals, he will have Minnesota Wild goalie ...

In addition to the reporters who regularly cover the Washington Capitals and Minnesota Wild, the media scrum surrounding star goal-scorer Alex Ovechkin had an extra layer on Thursday morning at Xcel ...

For years, Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career regular-season goals was widely thought to be untouchable. Now, the ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...

He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life,” said Hockey Hall of Famer Igor Larionov, who met Alex Ovechkin as a teenager. “He was determined. He was one of the ...

He scored his 35th of the year Thursday night ... during Gretzky's and Ovechkin's first seasons. To be fair, goalies wore more modern-day uniforms in Gretzky's final seasons, and two years ...