Follow along as the Capitals star chases down Wayne Gretzky's record, including highlights of each goal and the upcoming ...

Now 30 years later, Gretzky remains in first with 894 for his career. For as close as Ovechkin is, he is still 12 goals away from passing Gretzky, who scored his last goal on March 29 ...

That brought his season total to 30, making it his NHL-record 19th season with at least 30 goals. The next most: Mike Gartner with 17. Ovechkin is now 12 goals away from surpassing Gretzky ...

This is Ovechkin’s 20th season in the NHL — the same amount that Gretzky played to reach 894. The two stand alone not only in their goal total but also in the speed at which they’ve reached ...

The sellout crowd of 18,753 immediately began to cheer, though, when Pickard skated to Edmonton’s bench, realizing this would ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne ...

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne Gretzky's NHL record, and the Washington Capitals defeated the ...

Alex Ovechkin scores in the third period and is now 20 goals away from passing ... Ovechkin added to his career total via a second-period, power-play goal, assisted by Dylan Strome.

He added 92 more before retiring in 1999 after a total of 1,487 games over 20 seasons. Gretzky holds 55 NHL records and even if his goals mark falls to Ovechkin — which he has said he is excited ...