At the age of 39 and 21 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has the best goal-scoring pace in the NHL. Ovechkin has 21 goals in 29 games, including six in 11 games since returning from a broken leg that held him out for 40 days.

Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has scored goals against more unique goalies than any player in NHL history, passing Jaromir Jagr.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored in the 3rd period against the Nashville Predators to bring him within 21 goals of Wayne Gretzky.

The Washington Capitals are fiddling with the lineup to try and help Alex Ovechkin break an all-time great scoring record.

Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored goals in five of his first nine games back. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals,

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 874 goals and needs 21 to set a new record. Ovechkin entered the

Wayne Gretzky scored 894 goals in 1,487 career NHL games ... Knuble started wondering whether he was the only player to have skated with both the Washington Capitals star and The Great One as a teammate. "I kind of was spitballing with somebody: 'Well ...

WASHINGTON — Coaching Alex Ovechkin for three seasons has normalized his hot pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record for Peter Laviolette. “Not a crazy thing at all,” Laviolette said before his New York Rangers faced Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals on Saturday. “I don’t see him slowing down.”