Alex Ovechkin scores his 886th goal to seal the Capitals’ 4-2 win over the Kraken

Time Is On His Side: Ovie Chase Defies Time

“An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress”.  W.B. Yeats In geezer news this past week 39-year-old Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals— who suffered a broken fibula in November— is at this writing within nine goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record for  most regular-season goals (894) in a career. However you feel about Ovechkin…

10 Players Cram Into Penalty Box After Huge Scrum Breaks Out During Capitals-Kraken Game

Scrum during Capitals-Kraken game It’s not super uncommon to see the penalty box get a bit crowded when there’s a melee involving multiple players on both teams during a hockey game. However, it is pretty rare to see every single skater on the ice get sent to the sin bin at the same time—which is the exact scenario we were treated to when the Capitals played the Kraken on Sunday. All eyes are on Alex Ovechkin as he vies to surpass Wayne Gretzky’…

Alex Ovechkin is set to break Wayne Gretzky’s goal record, but he's not 'The Great One'

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is on pace to score the most NHL regular-season goals, but he trails Kings great Wayne Gretzky in other ways.

Alex Ovechkin moves within 9 goals of surpassing Wayne Gretzky as NHL’s all-time leading scorer

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Alex Ovechkin has inched within single digits of overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goals leader after scoring an empty-net goal in the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. Late in the third period, with the Kraken having pulled goaltender Joey Daccord, Ovechkin backhanded the puck from center ice for the insurance goal to seal the Eastern Conference leaders’ fourth c…

Ovechkin scores No. 886, 9 shy of setting mark

Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals' 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, moving nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and helping the East leaders win their fourth in a row.

Alex Ovechkin scores his 886th goal to seal the Capitals’ 4-2 win over the Kraken

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th career goal into an empty net to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, moving nine back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record and helping the Eastern Conference leaders win their fourth game in a row. Read more...