With the 895th goal of his career, Alex Ovechkin ... telling about Ovechkin’s goal frequency from his spot in 2012-13 is the drop in goals off the rush. The rise in more stationary goals seems ...

Alex Ovechkin scored career goal No. 895 on Sunday, breaking one of sports' all-time great records and passing hockey legend Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's all-time goal scorer. Ovechkin did so with a ...

(John McDonnell/For The Washington Post) Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin spent this season chasing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record. See his NHL career highlights here. End of carousel ...

Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's best goal scorer in history and it's safe to say that he was over the moon after breaking the record. On Sunday, Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal, passing Wayne ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals not only finished his chase of Wayne Gretzky’s career NHL goals record this season, he’s given himself some breathing room over the Great One.

The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 3 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader – a mark that once seemed unsurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer player and they were traveling with their teams, leaving no one to take ...