Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The ...

The Flames acquired Morgan Frost and Joel Farabee from the Flyers for Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakob Pelletier, a 2025 second-round ...

In the third period between the Capitals and Senators, Alex Ovechkin inched closer to Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record.

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

The Detroit Tigers had five prospects on ESPN's preseason 101-200 rankings, released Thursday, led by catcher Thayron Liranzo ...

Welcome to the NHL On Tap, a daily look at the games on the NHL schedule. There are 10 games on the schedule for Thursday, including two nationally televised in the United States. Thursday also marks ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

The resurgent Ottawa Senators go for a third straight win when they host the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. The ...

The best rookies in sports history, from "Big Three" to "Big Two," dispatch from Paris, "The Diff," photo finish, and more.

Sometimes, the stars take matters into their own hands. The Vancouver Canucks took home a 2-1 win against the league-leading ...

Washington Capitals at Vancouver Canucks (10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, MNMT2) ...