Ovechkin scored his 23nd goal of the season to push his career total to 876. Gretzky scored 894 goals in the NHL.

OTTAWA -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 876th NHL goal and the Washington Capitals lost 5-4 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday.

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

Alex Ovechkin had only recorded one goal in his last five games played until Thursday night. "The Great Eight" came up clutch ...

Ovechkin was also taken up to Gretzky's restaurant, Studio 99 inside Rogers Place, where he posed with one of the many ...

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored an empty net goal in the third period against the Nashville Predators to bring him within 21 goals of Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record.

The Senators have allowed 119 total goals (2.8 per game), the eighth-fewest in NHL action. With a goal differential of +5, the team is 14th in the league. The Senators are looking for their first ...

Ovechkin has five goals in 10 games — two on the empty net — since making his return from a broken fibula just 40 days after the initial injury, but he and the top-6 have struggled to generate ...

The Predators have conceded 128 total goals (3.1 per game), ranking 17th in NHL action in goals against. The team has the 30th-ranked goal differential in the league at -28. The Predators have not ...

He's the reason that we get that game tied. Thought he was fantastic." Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin remains 23 goals shy of passing Hall of Fame member Wayne Gretzky (894) for the most in NHL ...

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