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When Could Ovechkin Pass Gretzky? Capitals Captain Leads NHL In Goals Per Game & Coming Off Yet Another Record: 'It's Pretty Cool'

At the age of 39 and 21 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has the best goal-scoring pace in the NHL. Ovechkin has 21 goals in 29 games, including six in 11 games since returning from a broken leg that held him out for 40 days.

The Boston Globe · 1d

Alex Ovechkin scores overtime winner in Ottawa to close on Wayne Gretzky, push Capitals atop NHL

The 39-year-old winger took a pass from Rasmus Sandin on a 2-on-1 breakaway and fired it past rookie Leevi Merilainen, the record 179th goaltender he's scored on.

Forbes · 1d

Alex Ovechkin Sets Record, Approaching Wayne Gretzky’s 894-Goal Mark

With his overtime goal on Thursday, Alex Ovechkin has now scored against 179 different goalies in his NHL career — more than any other player.

17don MSN

A Bruins, Capitals Playoff Series Would Be Intense

These games have been intense. There’s been significant bite from both sides. Pace, speed, physicality and goaltending have ...

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The struggling Bruins find themselves in need of a ‘shock trade,’ but is one possible?

The bedraggled Black and Gold, in their longest winless streak of the season (0-3-1), and with the Cup-contending-woke-again ...

Sporting News1d

Alex Ovechkin career goal tracker: How close is the Capitals captain to breaking Wayne Gretzky's record

One of the most 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 has stood for over nearly three decades, and it was ...

Not Wayne Gretzky: Bobby Orr, Mario Lemieux name the greatest player in NHL history

NHL legends and Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Mario Lemiuex revealed who was the greatest player to ever step onto the ice-and ...

National Hockey League17d

Bruins Fall to Capitals in Opener of Three-Game Road Trip

Brazeau gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 1:21 of the first period. Parker Wotherspoon dumped the puck in and it bounced off the ...

Associated Press8d

Today in Sports - Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all-time leading scorer in regular season & playoffs

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Jan. 10 1980 — Goaltender Jim Stewart, in his first and only game with the Boston Bruins ... 1989 — LA Kings center Wayne ...

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