Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

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Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night. Ovechkin ...

Alex Ovechkin scored his 878th career goal into an empty net with 0.1 seconds left on the clock to move closer to Wayne ...

Alex Ovechkin scored the 877th goal of his career to move 18 away from breaking the NHL record, but the Washington Capitals ...

The top two teams in the NHL facing off in front of a fired-up sellout crowd of over 18,500 fans on an early February ...

The Chicago Cubs are finalizing a trade for Ryan Pressly, adding the right-hander to the back end of their bullpen in their second major offseason deal with the Houston Astros.

Alex Ovechkin moved within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record with an empty-netter, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Seattle Kraken 3-0 on Friday night for ...

On Jan. 23, 1956, Montreal Canadiens star Jean Beliveau became the first hockey player ever to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated ... on this date in 1983. (Photo by Denis Brodeur ...

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin delivered a witty remark ahead of the game when asked about McDavid’s suspension. “Sucks for him. Good for us. We’ll take it,” Ovechkin said. McDavid missed ...

Liverpool became the first team to guarantee a place in the last 16 of the new Champions League format by beating Lille 2-1 on Tuesday, while Barcelona fought back from two goals down to stun ...