As Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record, the Great One told CNBC he has nothing but admiration for the player who could soon dethrone him. "Alex ...

ELMONT, N.Y. — The floor was wet. Beyond that, inside the visitors’ locker room at UBS Arena, there weren’t many obvious signs of what took place Sunday, what Alex Ovechkin accomplished. It felt ...

Shortly after Wayne Gretzky became the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer in 1994, his father mentioned how someone, someday, would break his record. "I looked at my dad,” Gretzky recently recalled, ...

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on greatness. The Washington Capitals star needs just one more goal to break the NHL's hallowed scoring record held by "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin scored his ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the numbers of goals Ovechkin needs to reach Gretzky’s record. For so many years, Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894 NHL goals felt like an impossible ...

Alex Ovechkin can't stop scoring goals. The Washington Capitals ' legend is already the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer, ...

We polled 120 NHL players, and their answers ranged from career goals (again) to D points to ironman streak to the career ...

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin had a big night on Wednesday against the Sharks, as he gets closer to breaking another Wayne ...

Last season, Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL's all-time goal record previously held by Wayne Gretzky, scoring goal No. 895 against the New York Islanders. Now, the Washington Capitals captain has become ...

NHL legend Brett Hull recently weighed in on the ongoing debate about Wayne Gretzky's place in the modern era. Hull gave a ...