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

How many career goals does Alex Ovechkin have? Ovechkin has 879 career goals. How many goals does Alex Ovechkin need to pass Wayne Gretzky? Ovechkin needs 16 goals to break Gretzk ...

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

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

It was at "Wally's Coliseum," as the Gretzky family nicknamed the backyard rink, that the Great One began his journey to NHL ...

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

The Caps would lose in overtime in a matchup of two of the NHL's top teams ... power-play goal, assisted by Dylan Strome. Alex Ovechkin moves closer to Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goalscoring ...

So how did Gretzky and Ovechkin get there? Combine consistent all-star play with health and longevity ... putting him dozens of points ahead. Below, the top 50 players in career points.