Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader on Friday night – a mark that once seemed insurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The Great One. The Great Eight ...

Washington Capitals’ forward Tom Wilson may have created the official meme of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. With the ...

Ovechkin downplayed it as “a goal is a goal,” but the OT winner put an exclamation point on a vintage performance by the 39-year-old winger, who also led Washington with seven hits and scored on the ...

"Well, I have one more year, and we’ll see what’s gonna happen," Ovechkin said. "I love the team, I love being around the ...

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin put his name in the NHL history books on April 6 when he officially broke Wayne ...

All of his years of hard work paid off with the biggest record in the sport. At 39 years old, Ovechkin's career is winding down. No one knows how much longer he plans to play. Regardless of when ...

NEW YORK -- After Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL record-breaking 895th goal -- in vintage Ovechkin fashion, from his "office," on an old-school wrist shot -- he skated to center ice and belly flopped.

Gretzky tapped Ovechkin as the one to do it, if anyone had the chance. "No. Even before this year, at 39 years old, I’d have to score 42 goals. In this league, in this hockey game right now ...

You get old all of a sudden. It's harder to do these things. I know he's a freak of nature - speaking of Ovechkin - but at some point he's going to start looking old." When Alex Ovechkin scored ...

In a game against the New York Islanders, Ovechkin scored his 895th goal, a record once thought unbreakable. With his trademark shot from the spot on the ice known as his office, 39-year-old Alex ...

Moments after he scored the record-breaking goal in the Capitals’ 4-1 loss to the Islanders at UBS Arena in New York, the 39-year-old Ovechkin was joined on the ice by his wife, Anastasia ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin skated over to his son Sergei ... and stayed there to applaud the accomplishment. The 39-year-old, who has spent his entire career with Washington, skated circles ...