Alex Ovechkin is closing in on greatness. The Washington Capitals star needs just one more goal to break the NHL's hallowed scoring record held by "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin scored his ...

As Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin closes in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record, the Great One told CNBC he has nothing but admiration for the player who could soon dethrone him. "Alex ...

ELMONT, N.Y. — The floor was wet. Beyond that, inside the visitors’ locker room at UBS Arena, there weren’t many obvious signs of what took place Sunday, what Alex Ovechkin accomplished. It felt ...

Wayne Gretzky is the most prolific playmaker in NHL history. In fact, he was so prolific in setting up his teammates for ...

Shortly after Wayne Gretzky became the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer in 1994, his father mentioned how someone, someday, would break his record. "I looked at my dad,” Gretzky recently recalled, ...