The Capitals star was forced to deal with some adversity over the past two seasons that may have delayed reaching Gretzky's all-time mark. In 2023-24, Ovechkin had what can be cat

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has been named the NHL’s First Star for the week ending April 6, the NHL announced today. Ovechkin, 39, scored five goals in four games to reach 895 career goals and break the NHL’s all-time goals record.

If you're wondering, yes, that was FBI director Kash Patel who wasn't just at the Washington Capitals game in which Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's career goals record. Turns out he got a ticket for the record-breaker on Sunday in which Ovechkin potted goal No.

The Athletic has live coverage of Alex Ovechkin’s journey to break Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record. WASHINGTON — Sometime soon — Sunday maybe, perhaps Thursday — Alex Ovechkin will reach the summit.

Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's new goal-scoring king. The Washington Capitals left wing scored his 895th goal to surpass Wayne Gretzky for the most in NHL history against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Sunday.

The crowd at UBS Arena was there on Sunday to witness history, and it erupted into raucous cheers for the goal that cut New York's lead over Ovechkin's Washington Capitals to 2-1. THE MOMENT ALEX OVECHKIN PASSED THE GREAT ONE 🐐 (via @NHL) pic.

For the 895th time in his NHL career, Alex Ovechkin scored a goal, then celebrated with his teammates. Nobody in the history of professional hockey has been better at either. The Washington Capitals superstar,

Gretzky, back then at least, was more than a hockey player to Canadians. He was homegrown royalty, a player of such quality, of such rare possibility, that he transcended the game we’ve always used to define ourselves.

Hockey history could be made today as Alexander Ovechkin takes to the ice in search of a record-breaking goal. Ovechkin scored two goals in the Washington Capitals’ 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night,