A month after breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goal-scoring record, Alex Ovechkin is in the second round of the playoffs ...

The Washington Capitals advance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs after defeating the Montreal Canadians in five games. They now ...

When Ryan Leonard got to the locker room on Saturday before Washington Capitals practice, the rookie noticed something odd.

Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career, setting off a wild celebration in Washington. He potentially could have had one more but opted not to try to ...

Gretzky passed Hall of Famer Gordie Howe in 1994, and he held the record for 31 years and 14 days before Ovechkin toppled it on Sunday. The climb for Ovechkin was a long and steady one as the ...

Ovechkin netted his 325th career power play goal to break the record, and he went sliding across the ice in celebration. During the on-ice ceremony that followed, Gretzky came down from his seat in ...

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored goal No. 895 against the Islanders on Sunday, passing Wayne Gretzky to become the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader.

Through its cracked glass, I saw a front-page picture of Wayne Gretzky, weeping. He’d been traded from the Edmonton Oilers to ...

Five charts how Capitals Alex Ovechkin equaled Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored his record-breaking 895th goal Sunday. Highlights from the history-making game against the Islanders.

The Washington Capitals star came into Friday's game two goals shy of tying the NHL's career record, set decades ago by the great Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals have six games left in the regular season.

Alex Ovechkin scored in the second period against the Islanders Sunday, touching off a celebration after he broke Wayne Gretzky's NHL scoring record.