Elliotte Friedman got a behind-the-scenes look at how the NHL’s Situation Room handled Frank Nazar’s shootout goal against ...

Alex Ovechkin became the greatest goal scorer in NHL history because ... Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin warms-up before an NHL hockey game against New York Islanders in Elmont ...

Alex Ovechkin is the best goal scorer the NHL has ever seen. The long-time Washington Capital has been chasing the NHL's career goals record — held by Wayne Gretzky since 1999 — for some time.

Scoring a goal in the NHL is hard. There are players in the league right now who can only muster up a handful per season. And that's no knock on them — again, it's hard to score a single goal in ...

The Washington Capitals star came into Friday's game two goals shy of tying the NHL's career record, set decades ago by the great Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals have six games left in the regular season.

For NHL playoff goals, which do not count toward the record, Gretzky has the most (122). Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky also had another 56 in the World Hockey Association regular season and playoffs ...

Alex Ovechkin became the greatest goal scorer in NHL history because of a never-before ... “Obviously impressive that he hasn’t missed a lot of hockey games, which is incredible,” said ...