Mike Knuble is the only player in NHL history to have been teammates with both Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin.

Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored goals in four of his first seven games back. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career ...

But Ovechkin left that Nov. 18 game against the Utah Hockey Club with what the team initially described as a lower-body ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has now moved within 23 goals of catching Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history.

At this point, the record falling looks imminent. But when? Now that's an interesting and possibly infuriating question.

Alex Ovechkin of the Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 868 ...

Ovechkin, 39, had a red-hot start to the season and had scored five goals in his previous two games before the injury. His 15 ...

NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin is 25 goals short of Wayne Gretzky's record after two goals this weekend for the Washington ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is back from his fractured left fibula and resuming his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record. Ovechkin, 39, had missed 16 games after absorbing a ...

There is only one name left for Alex Ovechkin to catch atop ... exciting races in the NHL for this season is Ovechkin's chase to break Wayne Gretzky's goal record. The Great One's mark of 894 ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 868 goals after scoring 15 in the first 18 games this season.