Alexander Ovechkin surpassed the legendary Wayne Gretzky on Sunday for career NHL goals. His past and current teammates ...

The young hockey players gliding down the rink at Moscow's Dynamo sports club know that they train in the shadow of greatness ...

At a time of the season in a team-centric sport that is usually reserved only for playoff races, Ovechkin's “GR8 Chase” ...

Alexander Ovechkin is the new NHL goal-scoring king. He passed Wayne Gretzky with his 895th career goal on Sunday and still ...

His long connection to Russian President Vladimir Putin complicates Alex Ovechkin's legacy in the eyes of some.

Ovechkin achieved this milestone in 1,487 games, the same number Gretzky played. Many hockey analysts believe Ovechkin's playing style and the era he played in make this record even more remarkable.

The Russian hockey star’s ties with Putin – and the Great One’s warmth with Washington – make his goal-scoring acumen hard to ...

NHL regular season winds down, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin reflects on how his relationship with Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby has evolved over time.

At the time of publication, Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is two goals shy of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal record.

There’s an unwritten rule in hockey that players go a bit easier against their own goaltenders in practice. Alexander Ovechkin didn ... when the team played outside Washington to learn the ...

Portraits of alumni Alexander Ovechkin, now the captain of the National Hockey League's Washington ... Fans gathered outside the Dynamo stadium before a game late last month described Ovechkin ...