Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 875 goals and needs 20 to break the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL record for the most goaltenders scored on, beating Leevi Merilainen in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa ...

And Alex Ovechkin — in his first game on home ice since Nov. 13, five days before he went out with a broken bone in his leg — is stuck on 17 goals for the season and 870 for his career.

This isn’t the first time Ovechkin got to try some of Gretzky’s gear, as he received Gretzky’s stick that he used to score his 807th career goal after Ovechkin won the 2018 Stanley Cup. The ...

With 874 career goals, Ovechkin is 21 away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky as the greatest goal-scorer in NHL history. Gordie Howe and Ovechkin are the only players to reach 20 goals in at least 20 ...