The Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin is not just an NHL superstar with his sights set on Gretzky's scoring record. He is also renowned for loving his native Russia and her people.

Stay updated on Alex Ovechkin's incredible goal-scoring journey with our live tracker, stats, and milestones as he chases NHL history and records here.

Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL ...

Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring on a late power play in the Washington ...

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to ...

Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington ...

Coming off a two-goal game against the Bruins that vaulted him into a tie with Ilya Kovalchuk for top spot in Winnipeg/Atlanta franchise history, Scheifele’s 328 career goals are dwarfed by Ovechkin’s ...

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star ...

He was fortunate enough to be teammates with both! The post Mike Knuble played alongside both Gretzky and Ovechkin appeared ...

is then used to calculate the odds of Ovechkin scoring a goal (or more) using the Poisson distribution. Dom Luszczyszyn is a national NHL writer for The Athletic who writes primarily about hockey ...

Washington Capitals star forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 875th National Hockey League goal in a 3-0 win over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is 20 goals away from making ... it's all within the team structure and the team winning a hockey game," Carbery added. "If you ask him it sounds like ...