To celebrate Ovechkin's race to beat Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record, let's take a look at the best, most humorous moments — mostly off the ice — from his NHL career. Let's dive in!

Jan. 11, 2017: Playing his 880th NHL game, Ovechkin becomes the 84th player in League history to reach 1,000 points, and 37th ...

The B/R team kept the revelry going and took a deep dive into Ovechkin's time in the league, compiling a list of the biggest moments of his career. Take a look at what we came up with and drop a ...

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, both of whom have made some history this season, meet in the regular-season finale Thursday ...

Ovechkin amassed this career total in a variety of ways. He had over 550 even-strength goals and 320 power-play goals, the ...

Signing Ovechkin to a five-year deal would have kept the RFA wolves at bay, and it would have kept the 22-year-old star in DC ...

There are many more than eight great moments to Ovechkin’s career with the Washington Capitals, but here are some that merit mention: Ovechkin scored two goals in his NHL debut on Oct. 10 ...

This season, Alex Ovechkin became the NHL's all-time leading scorer. Monday, in the Capitals ' playoff opener, he somehow ...

The game itself featured classic moments between the two future ... pushing him to 91 points on the year. Ovechkin, meanwhile ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a ...

Alex Ovechkin is, without a doubt, a one-of-a-kind hockey player. Not only is the long-time Washington Capital the best goal scorer the NHL has ever seen, the grizzled veteran has quite the ...