Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin has made history, but those who made it tough for him are getting a nice gift for their efforts.

Sorokin and Ovechkin met after the game, with the goaltender gifting Ovechkin his stick — presumably for the hockey museum Ovechkin plans to open in Moscow — and Ovechkin in return signing some pucks for him. When Sorokin was asked about Ovechkin jokingly thanking him for letting him score the record-breaker, he giggled back: “It’s OK, any time.”

Alex Ovechkin officially became the greatest goal scorer in NHL history. The Washington Capitals left-wing secured his spot in the record books after

On the heels of Alexander Ovechkin overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer, a memento from when Gretzky took the record from Gordie Howe in 1994 has hit the auction block. After “The Great One” scored goal No.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the Washington Capitals’ captain and super sniper, Alexander Ovechkin, broke Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record this weekend when he beat countryman Ilya Sorokin on a power play.

Hundreds of students (895 to be exact) from Arlington elementary schools packed stands to cheer on newly-crowned National Hockey League (NHL) goals leader Alex Ovechkin instead of sitting in their classrooms Wednesday morning.

Alex Ovechkin is still soaking it all in. The Washington Capitals captain received a warm welcome back to MedStar Capitals Iceplex as he took part in his first practice since passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history.

The Islanders are giving their season-ticket holders complimentary physical ticket stubs from Alex Ovechkin’s historic game on Sunday when he scored his 895th career goal and surpassed Wayne Gretzky as the all-time NHL goal-scorer.

Alex Ovechkin finished practice by replicating his belly-flop celebration from scoring the record-breaking 895th goal of his NHL career, delighting the 895 schoolchildren and other Washington Capitals fans in attendance.