Wayne Gretzky, born in 1961, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach, celebrated as the greatest in NHL ...

Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

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

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

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

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin certainly has a flair for the dramatic, and he's inched one goal closer to Wayne Gretzky's ...

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates his empty net goal with defenseman Matt Roy (3) during the third period of an NHL hockey ... of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.

Canadian-American ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky played for four different ... Gretzky, now 64, is considered by many to be the greatest player in NHL history. The 39-year-old Ovechkin is under ...

President Donald Trump mostly stuck to sports and avoided any talk of tariffs as he celebrated the NHL’s defending Stanley ...

The countdown is on with Alex Ovechkin just 16 goals from overtaking Wayne Gretzky as ... below — based on NHL and Hockey Reference data — show the gulf that Gretzky and Ovechkin have created ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne ... second to Gretzky (189). Ovechkin earlier this season became the 60th player to record ...