“To be honest with you, I didn’t see it, but the boys told me that lots of great people, great athletes support me and congratulate me. It’s huge,” Ovechkin commented. After Ovechkin, Gretzky said a ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal record Friday night with two scores against the Chicago Blackhawks. "The Great One" was in the building, with festivities ...

Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's career goal leader on Friday night – a mark that once seemed insurmountable and earned Gretzky the nickname The Great One. The Great Eight, as the ...

Former NHL player Wayne Gretzky, left, with Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin, right, during a press conference after an NHL hockey game in which Ovechkin tied Gretzky's NHL career goals record of ...

He scored in Game No. 1,487, the same number as Gretzky played. The goal was scored 21 years to the day after the Capitals won the 2004 NHL draft lottery for the right to select Ovechkin No. 1 ...

Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's long-standing goals record earlier this month when he scored his 895th career goal.