It’s the hockey equivalent of Barry Bonds passing Hank Aaron with his 756th home run, or LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his 38,388th point — a modern legend chasing down one of the most ...

Tommy Burns knocks out Jewey Smith in the fifth round in Paris to retain the world heavyweight title. 1942 — Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red ...

Alex Ovechkin has the goalscoring record, but can the Capitals also help him win a second Stanley Cup when the playoffs begin ...

Wayne Gretzky was the “Great One” for his dominance on the ice in the high-scoring hockey days of the 1980s, a playmaker who ...

Gretzky continues to hold over 50 NHL records, including the remarkable tally of 1,016 goals, including playoffs—a mark that Ovechkin still trails by 50. While it is likely that Ovechkin will ...

Kucherov, 31, hit the mark with a first-period assist on Brayden Point’s power-play goal. Kucherov had already scored the ...

There would have been a tidy symmetry had Alexander Ovechkin waited until Saturday to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record for career goals.

Though Peter Laviolette wasn’t at UBS Arena Sunday afternoon when Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal to pass Wayne ...

According to the statement of the Russian diplomatic mission in the United States, 'this is what sport should be - beyond borders and politics' ...

USA Hockey commemorated Alex Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky's record by showing how many Capitals fans picked up hockey in ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's career NHL regular-season record of 894 goals, one that has ...

The Washington Capitals superstar passed Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer on Sunday when he scored ...