With the NHL season reaching its halfway point, CBC Sports' daily newsletter checks in on some of the interesting things ...

For the first time in his career, there is no one between Ovechkin and Gretzky on the all-time list. He passed Gordie Howe ...

Jose Theodore remembers hosting a young Alex Ovechkin and his Washington Capitals teammates for a Super Bowl Sunday party after the team's insane 5-4 comeback win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Capitals are the only NHL team to rank in the top five of the League in goals from both high-danger areas (75; third) and ...

The Washington Capitals are fiddling with the lineup to try and help Alex Ovechkin break an all-time great scoring record.

Despite missing 16 games with a fractured fibula, Alex Ovechkin has been on a torrid scoring pace and is now just 22 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the all-time goalscoring title. Ovechkin ...

After an overtime win over Carolina, Ducks will try to slow one of NHL’s top teams and Ovechkin’s pursuit of Gretzky’s record ...

Alex Ovechkin is creeping ever closer to NHL history. It's been known for some time that Ovechkin has a legitimate shot at ...

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

Ovechkin is now 22 markers away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals with 39 games remaining in 2024-25. The Russian winger is up to 20 goals, 32 points and a plus-13 rating through ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne ...

Mangiapane made it 3-1 with 5:06 remaining, and Ovechkin scored career goal No. 873 with an empty-netter with 58 seconds left ...