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 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 ...

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 ...

Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's new goal-scoring leader, stormed out of the gate with two goals in his first game in 2005. His league debut delayed by a season-long lockout, the 2004 No. 1 overall pick ...

Former NHL player Wayne Gretzky, left, with Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin, right, during a press conference after an NHL hockey game in which Ovechkin tied Gretzky's NHL career goals record of ...

Alex Ovechkin, Wayne Gretzky share a moment after Ovechkin's historic 895th goal: 'I'm not sure who's going to get more goals than that' "I can tell you first-hand, I know how hard it is to get to ...