Washington (42-14-8), which has won four in a row, is tied with the Winnipeg Jets for first in the NHL with 92 points.

Aliaksei Protas had the first hat trick of his NHL career, Alex Ovechkin and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had three points and the ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an ...

It was Ovechkin’s league-leading eighth empty-netter of the season and 65th of his career, which is the most of any player in ...

Greg Cote’s Poll Dance is a weekly survey on a topic usually in sports. In today’s 35th installment: Alex Ovechkin is poised ...

Wild goalie Fleury could face Penguins for final time; Blue Jackets visit Rangers competing for wild card in East ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to move nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky for the all-time NHL goals record. In his pursuit of Gretzky, Ovechkin has passed one hockey legend after another while climbing through the top 10. As a ...

Quinton Byfield had a goal for the fifth consecutive game, Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the ...

Kevin Fiala and Quinton Byfield score 47 seconds apart early in the third period and Kuemper makes 21 saves as the Kings hold ...

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL.