Gretzky was an artist with a finely pointed brush, a slender 6-foot, 185-pound hockey savant. Ovechkin is a battering ram, scoring goals with a cudgel, every bit of 6-3 and 240 pounds.

The oil painting on canvas (5 feet by 3½ feet) shows Ovechkin lifting the Stanley Cup in 2018 in the background. In the foreground, the Russian forward is taking one of his famous one-timers. Ad ...

Play was stopped as Gretzky, commissioner Gary Bettman, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, Ovechkin's family and others came out on the ice for a ceremony in which Ovechkin was gifted a painting. Bettman ...

Alex Ovechkin and Wayne Gretzky pose for a photo with a painting by artist Tony Harris that was gifted to the Capitals star in honor of his 895th career goal. Ovechkin broke Gretzky's record on ...