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

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

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

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

Alex Ovechkin scored for the fourth straight contest and owns a goals-per-game rate of 0.68 this season, which puts him on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record at home versus Carolina on April ...

Ovechkin scored with 53 seconds remaining in the first period, taking a centering pass from Martin Fehervary and flicking it ...

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 ...

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.

By allowing the Washington Capitals to score twice in the third period and post a 4-3 comeback victory, the Flyers racked up ...

"The Great Eight" is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894, which Gretzky — then with ...

NHL clubs take a certain pride in their players' accomplishments, even if they occur while donning their country's colours.