Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 879 goals and needs 16 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 ...

"The Great Eight" is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894, which Gretzky — then with ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne ...

Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain has 23 goals this season, with 31 games left. This ...

For the second time this season, Sidney Crosby has caught Joe Sakic.It was two weeks ago Crosby passed him for 9th place in ...

(THW Archives) On Jan 23, 2004, the Rangers acquired Jaromir Jagr from the Capitals ... (46), Leo Komarov (38), Boo Nieves (31), and Alexander Holtz (23).

OK, so it’s not Alex Ovechkin vs. Connor McDavid at Rogers Place on Tuesday. The Edmonton Oilers superstar was suspended for three games following a stick-wielding kerfuffle in the dying seconds of ...

It’s a shame, too, considering there won’t be many more chances to see him on the ice at the same time as one of the living legends of the game, the venerable Alexander Ovechkin. At 39 years ...

No NHL scorer has tormented more goaltenders than Alex Ovechkin. On Thursday night ... that one player has scored on, one ahead of Jaromir Jagr. The NHL has assembled a video compilation of ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Alex Ovechkin got one step closer to Wayne ... and he broke a league record by scoring against his 179th goaltender. Jaromir Jagr scored against 178 goalies.

Merilainen became the 179th goalie Ovechkin has scored against, pushing the latter past a tie with Jaromir Jagr. Chychrun shared a celebratory post on his Instagram Story. The post comprises a ...