The Capitals’ captain — who is now 16 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record of 894 — collided with Jack ...

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

Ovechkin now moves into a five-way tie for eighth on the league leaderboard in goals scored this season. His current 0.68 ...

Logan Cooley was born in Pittsburgh just 17 months before Sidney Crosby debuted in the NHL and his hometown Penguins won ...

A battle between the two top teams in the Eastern Conference ended in favor of the Capitals 6-3. Ovechkin netted his 25th ...

The NHL trade rumors and silly season rumors are getting chaotic following the blockbuster deals this week and pending free ...

The Fan Blog writes... Eklund on Flyers: The first MUST-WIN of the Stretch Run Comes Tonight.

Ovechkin, 39, who scored 15 times in his first 18 games before suffering a fractured left fibula during a Nov. 18 game against the Utah Hockey Club, has scored 11 times since he returned on Dec.

From goals to points, our series of charts below — based on NHL and Hockey Reference data — show the gulf that Gretzky and Ovechkin have created between themselves and their contemporaries as ...

Nothing has come easy for the Ottawa Senators. This night was no different. The Senators scored in the knick of time to pick up a 5-4 victory over Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring on a late power play in the Washington Capitals' 5-4 overtime loss to the Ottawa ...