Washington picked first in the draft with Ovechkin. Pittsburgh, with the second pick, chose Malkin, who like Ovechkin, will ...

Washington (42-14-8), which has won four in a row, is tied with the Winnipeg Jets for first in the NHL with 92 points.

Alexander Ovechkin is creeping up on Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record, entering Tuesday night's Washington Capitals-Anaheim Ducks game with 886, only eight fewer than The Great One's 894. Yet he ...

The Washington Capitals will make sure there is a local feel when Alex Ovechkin breaks the NHL's all-time goals record.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is chasing Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. Can he break it this season?

Alexander Ovechkin is nine goals away from toppling Wayne Gretzky’s career mark of 894, a record once considered unbreakable.

Ovechkin wasn’t ready to talk postgame about being ready for his close-up in the state where Gretzky’s impact is still felt.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is on pace to score the most NHL regular-season goals, but he trails Kings great Wayne ...

Anastasia Shubskaya, wife of Alexander Ovechkin, is more than a hockey wife. Growing up in Russia, she pursued modeling, ...

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Alex Ovechkin takes his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record to the West Coast this week as the Washington Capitals begin a three-game road trip Tuesday night against the Anaheim Ducks ...