1947 — Boston’s Bill Cowley becomes the NHL all-time scoring leader when he scores a goal and an assist for the Bruins in a 10-1 win over the New York Rangers. Cowley’s 529 points is one more than Syd ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

Glen Hanlon's old line about Wayne ... against Gretzky. "The Great One" already was regarded as the game's next star when he entered the NHL as an 18-year-old with the Edmonton Oilers in 1979 ...

Wayne Gretzky, born in 1961, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach, celebrated as the greatest in NHL ...

Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin has been a role model his whole career and that goes beyond Washington and Russia.

EDMONTON - Nathan MacKinnon ... The German forward is third in Oilers franchise history with the six 40-goal campaigns, behind Wayne Gretzky (nine) and Jari Kurri (seven). He's just the sixth ...

1952 — Philadelphia’s Paul Arizin scores 26 points to win MVP honors and lead the East team to a 108-91 win over the West in the second NBA All-Star game. George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers leads ...

A big showing in the 4 Nations Face-Off and Nathan MacKinnon will tilt the “best player in the world” conversation — even if ...

We’re back with what is easily the most anticipated cultural moment of the past 24 hours, another Daily Faceoff power rankings! Why is it so anticipated?

Marc-Andre Fleury had 32 saves for the Wild, who swept the Bruins in both meetings last season but could not get anything past Swayman on Tuesday. Minnesota was shut out for the second straight game.

The Griffins were shut out for the third straight game in Friday's 3-0 loss against the Admirals in Milwaukee.