Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored goals in four of his first seven games back. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career ...

Ovechkin is now 23 shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that many NHL observers thought would stand as one of the game's most unbreakable records.

One of the primary story lines of this NHL season has been Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record. Over the first month of the season ...

1991 — Wayne Gretzky scores three goals, including his 700th, as the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 6-3. 1993 — The Buffalo Bills stage pro football’s biggest comeback to beat ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 868 goals after scoring 15 in the first 18 games this season.

The team have currently won six of their last seven games and will look to make it seven out of eight when they face a 8-game winless Buffalo Sabres. Wayne Gretzky claims Alex Ovechkin will get ...

On Monday, Gretzky said he wouldn’t be surprised to see Ovechkin get ‘a little bit nervous’ in those final days. “He’s human, he’ll get a little bit nervous near the end,” said ...