The Washington captain has 33 goals this season and needs nine more with 18 games left to become the NHL's all-time leader. Ovechkin scored 15 times in his first 18 games before suffering ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

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

While Gretzky’s status is secure, his scoring record is not. At the end of February, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin ...

Wayne Gretzky was so able to control hockey games from behind the net that the area became known as “Gretzky's office,” as he ...

An empty net in hockey is when a team removes its goaltender from the ice, leaving its goal unattended. It's a calculated ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

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Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is chasing Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. Can he break it this season?

Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all ... it at the same seasonal rate as Gretzky did. This is Ovechkin’s 20th season in the NHL — the same amount that Gretzky ...

(AP) — Wayne Gretzky was so able to control hockey ... at a career-best shooting rate of 18.1 percent. According to NHL statistics, Ovechkin has gotten seven different types of shots on net ...