Alexander Ovechkin is nine goals away from toppling Wayne Gretzky’s career mark of 894, a record once considered unbreakable.

Ovechkin wasn’t ready to talk postgame about being ready for his close-up in the state where Gretzky’s impact is still felt.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal of the afternoon against the Edmonton Oilers and the 880 th of his career, he skated to the glass at a raucous Capital One Arena and fist-bumped a little boy ...

Midway through Wednesday night’s 3-2 Capitals OT win over the Rangers, the two teams got mad enough to hurt each other with ...

The Washington Capitals are comfortably ahead in the Metropolitan Division, so they can enjoy Alex Ovechkin inching closer to matching Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history without ...

Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists, Connor McMichael scored and Logan Thompson made 33 saves in regulation and OT and was perfect in the shootout for his 26th victory of the season. Alex ...

Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists, Connor McMichael scored and Logan Thompson made 33 saves in regulation and OT ...

The Capitals ended their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Senators 5-4 on Monday night in a shootout.