The Washington captain has 35 goals this season and needs seven more with 12 games left to become the NHL's all-time leader. Ovechkin scored 15 times in his first 18 games before suffering ...

That's a pace of 0.54 goals a game and he has been clicking at a 0.57 rate since he returned on Dec. 28 from a fractured left fibula, meaning he's likely to break the record in the final games of the ...

The NHL is preparing for a historic moment, with detailed plans in place for when Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin ...

DETROW: At the beginning of the night, Ovechkin is eight goals shy of setting the record. In the arena's main hallway, ...

Ovi is just eight goals away from breaking Gretzky's scoring record. Will he do it this season? And if so, against which team ...

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Alex Ovechkin is seven goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record as the Washington Capitals go into their game against the visiting Florida Panthers on Saturday.

Debating the Capitals superstar vs. Sidney Crosby, plus Connor McDavid, the playoff format, the Olympics and much more.

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin’s "The Gr8 Chase" of hockey’s most sacred individual record took another leap ...

The Capitals clinched the playoffs on Thursday while Alex Ovechkin scored goal number 888, seven away from breaking Wayne ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th goal Thursday night. He's now within seven goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...