Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal record Friday night with two scores against the Chicago Blackhawks. "The Great One" was in the building, with festivities ...

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, as the ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals ...

1999 — Wayne Gretzky ends his NHL career at Madison Square Garden with an assist, setting up a second-period goal as his New York Rangers fall to Pittsburgh 2-1 in overtime. Before the game, NHL ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin skated over to his son Sergei at the glass. He bowed to Wayne Gretzky standing in a suite. He blew kisses to his wife, mother and family on the other side of the ...

The 39-year-old who has spent his entire career with Washington skated circles around center ice to implore for more, in between his emotional moments paying tribute to Gretzky and his family.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals not only finished his chase of Wayne Gretzky's career ... who broke the goals record long held by Gretzky on April 6 when he scored the 895th of his ...

His league debut delayed by a season-long lockout, the 2004 No. 1 overall ... He has racked up nine goal-scoring titles and passed Wayne Gretzky's 894, a record once thought to be unbreakable.

chants followed. Plenty more will be coming as he attempts to reach 900. Gretzky’s total of 894 goals had long seemed unapproachable. Ovechkin passed it even after missing 16 games in November ...

(Fred Greenslade/The Canadian Press via AP) Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals not only finished his chase of Wayne ... broke the goals record long held by Gretzky on April 6 when he scored ...