Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record became the talk of the league a time of the season usually reserved only for playoff races.

NEW YORK — The only player in NHL history who has been teammates with Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin chuckled. Mike Knuble loves the stat that Gretzky has more assists than any other hockey ...

NEW YORK – Alex Ovechkin could not contain his happiness moments after scoring his 895th goal to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. After firing the puck into the net, Ovechkin turned and did a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin could not contain his happiness moments after scoring his 895th goal to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and etch his name into the history books. “We did it ...