Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record.

Ovechkin scored with 53 seconds remaining in the first period, taking a centering pass from Martin Fehervary and flicking it ...

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

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Cruising to the top of the NHL standings by winning 36 of their first 54 games and losing just 11 in regulation, the ...

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Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored 10 goals since. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since ...

In their most recent games, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers experienced a whirlwind of emotions in -- of all moments -- the final second.

The Washington Capitals’ star is just 17 goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, thanks in large part to an avalanche of goals scored into an empty net.

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President Donald Trump mostly stuck to sports and avoided any talk of tariffs as he celebrated the NHL’s defending Stanley ...