Ovi’s contract has been worth every penny. (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers) Eight years later, on Jan. 10, 2016, Ovechkin scored ... draw with Florida Panthers. Alexander Mogilny scored a pair ...

Not only is Ovechkin on pace to break the record, he’s also trending to do it ahead of Gretzky. It took 1,487 career games to ...

Alex Ovechkin's chase for the NHL all-time goals record has made him, and the Washington Capitals, the NHL's hottest bet.

The Washington Capitals are fiddling with the lineup to try and help Alex Ovechkin break an all-time great scoring record.

The left wing practiced Monday on a line with Dubois at center and Aliaksei Protas at right wing. Ovechkin, who has 20 goals ...

Now seemingly back on track (0.74 goals-per-game), Ovechkin is on track to make history sometime in April. If he were to fall just short, he still has a whole other season under contract with ...

Alex Ovechkin became the second player in NHL history to score at least 20 goals in 20 straight seasons when he scored his 20th against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday.

Ovechkin went scoreless on Tuesday in a 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks, but added to his total in the previous game with goal ...

The Washington Capitals saw Alex Ovechkin make history once again on Saturday in Nashville, as the captain scored an empty-net goal en route to a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators. After ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 873 goals and needs 22 to set a new record.

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record. Ovechkin has scored 872 goals in 1,451 games. He is just 23 goals away from breaking Gretzky's tally of 894 goals in 1,487 games.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 873 goals and needs 22 to set a new record. Ovechkin ...