Raised in the final years of the Soviet sports system by parents who were already accomplished athletes, Ovechkin was given ...

Ovechkin hit the NHL with literally a thundering, glass-breaking crash — the hit that he delivered on Columbus defenseman ...

But as Alexander Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record of 894, he is leaving nothing to chance. The ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother, Tatyana, was a basketball player, his father, Mikhail, was a soccer ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...

With 11 games left in the regular season, Ovechkin is on pace to tie Gretzky on April 10 against the Carolina Hurricanes and ...

DETROW: At the beginning of the night, Ovechkin is eight goals shy of setting the record. In the arena's main hallway, ...

Nikolaj Ehlers scored the winner as the Jets became the first team in the Western Conference to punch their ticket to the ...

DETROW: That's longtime Washington Capitals play-by-play man Joe ... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BENINATI: Ovechkin fires. He scores. Alexander Ovechkin, welcome on board.

After breaking the 800-goal barrier during the 2022-23 season, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin now has his sights set on breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record of 894. Ovechkin ...