We may witness hockey history this season with Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin coming close to surpassing Wayne Gretzky with the most goals ... have a bottom four defence in the Penguins, Blackhawks and Blue Jackets twice. He should get a solid ...

A generation ago, it felt like the best hope a short guy had of thriving in the NHL was in the crease. Today, the dynamic has largely flipped. Ryan Dixon takes a look at each team’s undersized players in this week’s Power Rankings.

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to break the record.

The Great Eight is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894, which Gretzky reached on March 29, 1999, against the New York Islanders. Ovechkin began this season with 853 career goals.

Their leading scorer sidelined by an ankle injury, their offense having gone cold, the Bruins pulled out a win over USC.

Vince Dunn scored the go-ahead goal with a two-man advantage late in the second period as the Seattle Kraken defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday, spoiling a historic afternoon for Sidney Crosby.

The blockbuster deal between the Hurricanes and Avalanche on Friday creates intrigue about how the Golden Knights will handle the March 7 trade deadline.

Longtime NHL forward Sam Gagner has agreed to a professional tryout offer with the AHL’s Belleville Senators, the top minor-league affiliate of the Ottawa Senators, reports the Ottawa Sun’s Bruce Garrioch.

The weirdest week in Pittsburgh Penguins memory got a little weirder later Thursday evening with an update from Allegheny County police on the Evgeni Malkin burglary. Dave Molinari put it bluntly as the Penguins embark on their longest road trip in 30 years.

Alex Ovechkin's OT goal was his 874th career goal, putting him 20 away away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894.

Evan Bouchard scored the winning goal late in the third period, capping the Edmonton Oilers' rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night.

Ovechkin’s goal was the 874th of his career, moving him within 20 of Wayne ... 3, BLACKHAWKS 2, SO NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored in regulation and had Nashville’s third straight shootout goal in their victory over Chicago.