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.

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

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

Logan Thompson came home to Calgary, stopped 32 of the 33 shots he faced and led the Caps to another victory, 3-1 over the ...

Moscow, a cold December evening, the wind slicing through the Red Square like a sharpened blade. Inside the Kremlin, a file ...

How many career goals does Alex Ovechkin have? Ovechkin has 876 career goals. How many goals does Alex Ovechkin need to pass Wayne Gretzky? Ovechkin needs 19 goals to break Gretzk ...

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

Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking ... helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday night The Utah Hockey Club has chosen three finalists for the permanent team ...

Alex Ovechkin ... odds of Ovechkin scoring a goal (or more) using the Poisson distribution. Dom Luszczyszyn is a national NHL writer for The Athletic who writes primarily about hockey analytics ...

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of ...