Five charts how close Alex Ovechkin is to overtaking Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring title and how both dominated the NHL.

Pittsburgh's game at Washington on Saturday night will be the 71st regular-season meeting of the team's superstar captains, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby and the Capitals' Alex Ovechkin.

ARLINGTON, V.A. — Though it's been 20 years since Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby first entered the league, the rivalry between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins never gets old ...

Ovechkin and Team Russia played Sidney Crosby and Team Canada in the gold-medal game. Canada, which boasted arguably the greatest junior hockey team ever assembled, beat Russia 6-1. Crosby had an ...

Sidney Crosby scored in his fourth straight game, Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season and the ...

Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to cap a two-point game as the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a 3-2 victory over the Utah Hockey ...

Ovechkin’s goal on Thursday, which came from a Rasmus Sandin pass following a 2-on-1 breakaway, was the 27th OT game-winner of his career, extending a record he already holds. Sidney Crosby is ...

The Kraken play a rare three straight games against Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid, arguably three of the ...

Gretzky has over 700 more assists (1,963) than second-placed Ron Francis (1,249) and almost 1,000 more than Crosby, the active leader (1,040). For Alex Ovechkin to be just 21 goals away from tying ...

Gordie Howe and Ovechkin are the only players to reach 20 goals in at least 20 consecutive seasons. Crosby recently moved into ninth place on the all-time points list, passing Joe Sakic.

NHL star Alex Ovechkin picked up another record on Thursday night as he moved closer to replacing Wayne Gretzky as the league’s all-time leading scorer.