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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to shatter records on his way to Wayne Gretzky's all-time regular season ...

The Washington Capitals are the top team in the NHL more than halfway through the season. Yet they’re also the only one not ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is one of the most heralded players in NHL history. The legendary forward already has ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

Nine games were played last night in the NHL. And there was plenty of action! Let’s see what caught our attention: Alex Ovechkin continued to march towards the NHL’s all-time goals record as the ...

Alexander Ovechkin is now second in NHL history with 879 goals, trailing only the Great One himself Wayne Gretzky of Canada, who had 894 goals in his NHL career ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move to within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record and the ...

Nicolas Roy, Shea Theodore and Jack Eichel scored and Adin Hill made 16 saves as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Thursday night and snapped a four-game skid.

Alex Ovechkin and Matvei Michkov were both at peak powers on Thursday, but Ovechkin's Capitals got the last laugh in a win ...