The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 9 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

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Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an empty-net goal in the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals' 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, moving nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record ...

Because with nine more goals, Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky ... goals in a season three years ago when he was 36. After missing 16 games while recovering from a fractured fibula this ...

Well, in the record books at least. Because with nine more goals, Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky’s total of 894, a mark once considered untouchable. But for Kings TV analyst Jim Fox ...

WASHINGTON --Alex Ovechkin is headed for Hollywood within single digits of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record. Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net with 1:29 remaining in the ...

Ovechkin began this season with 853 goals — 41 shy of Gretzky’s 894 — and got off to a great start before missing time with an injury in December and slowing down a bit since his return.

“It’s our second game when we have a slow start,” Ovechkin said, referring to Friday’s comeback win over Detroit. “I think all four lines, kind of sleepy. But [the win] is a good feelin ...