The Athletic has live coverage of Alex Ovechkin’s journey to break Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record. It’s a fight over the number eight. On Wednesday, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar ...

Ovechkin entered the game needing two to tie and three to become the new goal-scoring king. He lit the lamp just four minutes into the game against the Chicago Blackhawks. Just over five minutes ...

Alex Ovechkin is on the precipice of NHL history. It's been known for some time that Ovechkin has a legitimate shot at breaking Wayne Gretzky's career goals record should he stay healthy and keep ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored the 894th goal of his ... "Congrats to The Great One Wayne Gretzky and huge props to #8 @ovi8," Patel said in a post on X. He shared a photo inside ...

Welcome to the Alex Ovechkin Eras Tour, eight distinct epochs that defined "The Great 8" over the past 20 years. The 2003-04 season wasn't the lowest point in Capitals' history, which was the 1974 ...

This story will be updated after the game. Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin today scored his 895th career ... 1994. “The Great 8” is the 10th player in the NHL’s 107-year history to claim the title as its all-time goals ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky ... The chase by the Great 8, a nickname honoring his jersey number, captured attention from North America to Ovechkin’s native Russia ...

Over his first six games in a Red Sox uniform, Bregman hit just .231 without driving in or scoring a single run. He got on the board in both of those categories during the top of the first inning ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin cracked a Bud Light and casually took a sip as nearby fans chanted, “Ovi! Ovi!” He was soon joined by Wayne Gretzky to put the two greatest goal-scorers in ...

Capitals rookie Ryan Leonard wasn’t born yet when Alex Ovechkin was drafted in 2004 ... action has been a whirlwind for Leonard. The No. 8 pick in the 2023 NHL draft has kept up admirably ...

As Alex Ovechkin closes in on what some considered one of the most unassailable records in NHL history – Wayne Gretzky’s 894 goals – let’s look back at how the wondrous winger ended up in ...