Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is poised to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. How he got so close.

Canadiens can build lead on Rangers for final spot in East; Blues could move ahead of Wild in West wild-card race ...

The Capitals’ captain, who scored to move within three goals of breaking the NHL’s most hallowed record, is the rare ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal, moving him four away from passing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and Dylan Strome broke a third-period tie on Tuesday night to lead ...

Ovechkin had a chance to score his 892nd after the Bruins pulled goalie Jeremy Swayman for an extra attacker late in the game ...

Mark Laforest, an undrafted goalie who played two seasons for the Red Wings in the 1980s, died on Monday. He was 62.

At the moment, there are only two active NHL players with three or more 50-plus-goal seasons: Washington’s Alexander Ovechkin ...

Despite having one of the league's better defensive units led by a star goaltender in Darcy Kuemper, the Kings cannot score ...

The stretch run is heating up in a huge way in the National, and the movement in ClutchPoints' NHL Power Rankings is ...

As we inch closer and closer to the postseason, it isn't too early to start looking at which teams could square off against ...

The teams have met just once in the postseason in the last handful of years, with the Hurricanes eliminating the Devils in ...

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on the all-time NHL goal-scoring record held by the legendary Wayne Gretzky. Stats and what to ...