Alexander Ovechkin has supplanted Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goal scorer. Let that sink in for a moment, because even a few years ago, did it seem possible that anyone, from any era ...

Things you use to mark time − I saw Wayne Gretzky when he was 20, and I saw Alexander Ovechkin when he was 20 − can lead to ulcers. Things you once thought to be sacrosanct − no one will ...

Over the weekend Alexander Ovechkin ... much more impressive than the Wayne Gretzky mark that he surpassed. When Mr Gretzky, “the Great One”, retired from hockey in 1999, many assumed that ...

Trump welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to the White House on Tuesday, eight days after winning the election up ...

Today’s example comes from Long Island, New York, where Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals scored his 895th NHL goal – breaking the record that Wayne Gretzky had held for three decades.

Alexander Ovechkin has broken the unbreakable ... surpassing the legendary Wayne Gretzky with his 895th career goal. Though the game, against the New York Islanders, was on the road away from ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals, which has ...

In his White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday, Donald Trump implied that Alexander Ovechkin — who was born in Russia — is Canadian.

Wayne Gretzky (894) 3. Gordie Howe (801 ... slotting the puck in an empty net against the Florida Panthers. Alexander Ovechkin scores an empty-netter with 0.1 left to give him his 878th goal ...

Reminders of Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record are all over Washington and the surrounding suburbs of the nation’s capital.