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

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

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

Captain gets outscored by fellow Russian Matvei Michkov but moves to within 16 goals of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record to help the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3.

Alex Ovechkin continued his chase of Wayne Gretzky, Jakob Chychrun had the game-winning goal and an assist and Charlie ...

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

Entering the 2024-25 season, Ovechkin needed 42 goals to break Gretzky’s record of 894 career tallies. After scoring goal No.

Logan Cooley was born in Pittsburgh just 17 months before Sidney Crosby debuted in the NHL and his hometown Penguins won ...