When Ovechkin broke the record in the second period, the game stopped. Officials rolled out a carpet onto the ice, and Ovechkin’s family along with NHL officials and Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Capitals came to the center of the rink.

His new record for most goals scored in the National Hockey League is, adjusted for competition, much more impressive than the Wayne Gretzky mark that he surpassed. When Mr Gretzky, “the Great One”, retired from hockey in 1999,

Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career.

The Washington Capitals clinched the Metropolitan Division on Tuesday. Washington (49-19-9), which was idle, won the division following the Carolina Hurricanes’ 3-0 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. It's the Capitals’ first division title since they won the Metropolitan for the last of five consecutive seasons in 2019-20.

Budweiser Canada sent commemorative beers to goalies who didn't allow a goal to Alexander Ovechkin in their careers.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin appeared on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday to talk his record-setting achievement.

On Monday, the beer company announced its “King of Zero” campaign, sending a customized can of Budweiser Zero to each of the goalies on the elite list. The cans include the goalie’s jersey number, the number of shots each goalie faced,

On the heels of Alexander Ovechkin overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer, a memento from when Gretzky took the record from Gordie Howe in 1994 has hit the auction block. After “The Great One” scored goal No.

After Alex Ovechkin completed his chase of Wayne Gretzky and the NHL goal record by scoring his 895th against the New York Islanders on Sunday, their statistical lines as goal-scorers are almost identical.