Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's long-standing goals record earlier this month when he scored his 895th career goal.

Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Washington captain has 36 goals this season and needs six more ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal Tuesday to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He needs four goals in the team's final eight regular-season games to ...

Ovechkin scored his 40th and 41st of the year on April 4. From goals to points, our series of charts below — based on NHL and Hockey Reference data — show the gulf that Gretzky and Ovechkin ...

"The Great One" was in the building, with festivities planned for if Ovechkin surpassed Gretzky's 894 career goals. Monumental Sports Network spoke with the Hockey Hall of Famer shortly after ...

And on April 6, Alex Ovechkin turned that story into history. With a precise wrist shot in the second period against the New ...