The inevitable will become reality on Friday when the Erie Otters retired the No. 97 jersey worn by Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid.

How many career goals does Alex Ovechkin have? Ovechkin has 872 career goals. How many goals does Ovechkin need to pass Gretzky? Ovechkin needs 23 goals to break Gretzky's record.

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has now moved within 23 goals of catching Wayne Gretzky for most goals in NHL history.

Alex Ovechkin scored the fifth goal in a 7-4 win to get No. 872 and move 23 back of breaking Gretzky’s record of 894 that ...

Ovechkin is 23 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history and scored again in a wild 7-4 victory over the New York Rangers. Postgame, he was asked — as was to be expected ...

It was a very Chicago party, and St. Louis had all the fun. The Blues rolled to a 6-2 victory over the Blackhawks in front of ...

OTTAWA — U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for prime minister of Canada. “I just left Wayne Gretzky, ...

OTTAWA — U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky he should run for prime minister during a Christmas visit but adds that the athlete declined interest in ...

President-elect Trump threw his support behind NHL legend Wayne Gretzky as a potential candidate for Canadian prime minister in a post on social media on Wednesday. Trump wrote on Truth Social ...

Paulina Gretzky went all out for her 36th birthday bash. “Tini bit older ,” Gretzky, 36, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, December 19, alongside a carousel of images from the get-together ...