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

The Capitals are the only team in the league without a player in the 4 Nations Face-Off international tournament between the ...

Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored 10 goals since. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since ...

Sid, the greatest winner in hockey history. Sid, the longtime face of the National Hockey League. Sid, now in his 20th NHL ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne ...

The Washington Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers, 6-3, at Capital One Arena on Tuesday night. The Capitals won the ...

Top photo: Wayne Gretzky skates at his grandmother’s farm on Nith River in Canning, Ontario, illustrating a 1984 excerpt from his father’s book.

Wayne Gretzky scored 894 goals ... the final season of Gretzky's career. He played three seasons with Ovechkin in Washington (2009-10 through 2011-12) before finishing his career at age 40 with ...

A midseason showdown between the top two teams in the NHL lived up to that billing as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Washington ...