Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored an empty net goal in the third period against the Nashville Predators to bring him within 21 goals of Wayne Gretzky's goal scoring record.

Ovechkin has five goals in 10 games — two on the empty net — since making his return from a broken fibula just 40 days after the initial injury, but he and the top-6 have struggled to generate ...

The Washington Capitals are switching up the lineup Tuesday for Alexander Ovechkin. Ovechkin is expected to share ice time with Pierre-Luc Dubois, per NHL.com, rather than Dylan Strome. It would ...

Freire was paired with Canadian Jeremy Kennedy last March and defended his featherweight belt with a third-round technical knockout win. Freire has been one of the more vocal fighters, openly ...

He's the reason that we get that game tied. Thought he was fantastic." Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin remains 23 goals shy of passing Hall of Fame member Wayne Gretzky (894) for the most in NHL ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 873 goals and needs 22 to set a new record. Ovechkin entered the ...

The group stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 ended on January 5, Sunday, with 10 teams qualifying for the knockout stages. The top six teams directly advanced to the quarter-finals, and teams ...

Ovechkin scored his team's fifth goal in Saturday's 7-4 win over the New York Rangers to push his career total to 872. He is now 23 shy of breaking Gretzky's mark of 894 that many NHL observers ...

Amanda Nunes will likely go down as the greatest female MMA fighter of all time and that was kickstarted by a huge win over Cris Cyborg at UFC 232. After winning the UFC women’s bantamweight ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Capitals center Dylan Strome (17) celebrates with left wing Alex Ovechkin after scoring a goal in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coaching Alex Ovechkin for three seasons has normalized his hot pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record for Peter Laviolette. “Not a crazy thing at all ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coaching Alex Ovechkin for three seasons has normalized his hot pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record for Peter Laviolette. “Not a crazy thing at all ...