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James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL. Alexander Ovechkin’s pursuit of The Great One is approaching its final stage.

Alexander Ovechkin is on one of his trademark heaters. The Washington Capitals captain scored his fourth goal in as many games with a first-period tally to tie things up 1-1 with the Philadelphia ...

That puts him just 18 goals from breaking Gretzky’s record. It is entirely possible, with the GR8 having 30 games before the regular season’s end. Alexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals ...

Each time captain Alexander Ovechkin ... saw the 6-foot-3 Ovechkin step into the puck with his full weight like a heat-seeking missile. It was his 56th career goal and 101st point against the ...

Alex Ovechkin is knocking on the door of hockey ... legend is closing in on breaking the NHL scoring record of 894 career goals currently held by “The Great One” Wayne Gretzky.

Watch as Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin scores on an empty net right before the final buzzer to pick up career tally No. 878, moving 17 goals away from Wayne Gretzkey's all-time record.

The target? 894 career goals. The agent? Alexander Ovechkin, the last of his kind. And so, with the world watching, Agent Ovi stepped onto the ice, his weapon of choice—a composite Bauer gripped ...

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Alexander Ovechkin’s pursuit of The Great One is approaching its final stage. Ovi needs just 22 goals to overtake Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895. Not only is ...

Ovechkin netted his 878th goal with just 0.1 seconds left, slotting the puck in an empty net against the Florida Panthers. Alexander Ovechkin scores an empty-netter with 0.1 left to give him his ...