Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a 7-3 victory over Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers,

Auston Matthews will look to score again for the Maple Leafs (34-20-2) after ending a six-game drought in his return from the 4 Nations Face-Off in a 6-3 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.

Alex Ovechkin is on a historic run, and not just because he's nearing Wayne Gretzky's goal record. He's a man on a mission.

Matt Coronato scored to help the Calgary Flames beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Tuesday night, winning to move into a playoff spot despite Alex Ovechkin getting one step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record.

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin is so close to the NHL goal record that he may break that record this year, even coming off an injury.

The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 7-3 on Sunday to win their second straight game since the international break. After an 8-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, the Caps smoked a Stanley Cup contender Sunday.

In fact, the Caps sniper is only 13 goals away from Wayne Gretzky's goal record ... are the Capitals far and away the top seed in the Eastern Conference, but they are also frontrunners for the ...

Hockey legend Bobby Orr came to the defense of Wayne Gretzky in an op-ed on Saturday as "The Great One" took flak for his appearance as Team Canada’s honorary captain for the 4 Nations final.

Wayne Gretzky was introduced as the honorary captain of Team Canada on Thursday night ahead of the matchup against the U.S. in the 4 Nations Face-Off final. Gretzky, arguably the greatest hockey ...

Heading into the Capitals’ final 27 games, Ovechkin has 879 goals during his 20 NHL seasons, including 26 goals in 39 games this season, leaving him 16 from breaking Wayne Gretzky ’s League record of 894. Ovechkin insisted that record wasn’t on his mind during the break, though.

There’s still a lot of hockey left to be played,” center Pierre-Luc Dubois of the Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals said Friday. The Capitals captain in his 20th season is 16 back of passing Gretzky's mark of 894 goals that long seemed unapproachable.