With 15 games remaining in Washington’s season, Ovechkin needs eight goals to tie and nine to pass Gretzky. Even for Ovechkin, a three-time Hart Trophy winner as the NHL’s MVP, the odds seem ...

Watch as Alexander Ovechkin continues to close in on Wayne Gretzky's goal record with a backhand shot from the neutral zone into the empty net, for his 886th goal and 1,600th point. Wayne Gretzky ...

Ovechkin, nicknamed "The Great 8," has 886 goals and needs nine more to pass Gretzky. The Russian forward has scored 33 goals in 49 games this season. He missed 16 games after suffering a broken ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin needs eight goals in the team's final 15 regular season games to break Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career goals. That's a pace of 0.53 goals a game and he ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break ...