On the Rangers' side, they landed the best player in the deal—and it wasn’t even close. Nash played six seasons with New York ...

Alex Ovechkin has 26 goals this season and 879 career goals. The Washington Capitals captain is now 16 away from breaking ...

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Gretzky scored 51 goals that season -- the first of his nine 50-goal seasons, an NHL record he shares with Ovechkin and Mike ...

"The Great Eight" is within striking distance of Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894, which Gretzky — then with ...

With the 4 Nations Face-Off beginning Wednesday, here’s a brief, informal history of international hockey. Disclaimer: Hockey players do not “represent their country.” The armed forces do. Grab a gun, ...

Drafting is hard. No matter how good an NHL team is at finding hidden gems, every one of them has picked a handful of duds.

Wayne Gretzky, born in 1961, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach, celebrated as the greatest in NHL ...

which Gretzky — then with the New York Rangers — reached on March 29, 1999, against the New York Islanders. Ovechkin began this season with 853 career goals. Ovechkin scored the 879th goal of ...

Many of the world’s most notable wordsmiths, from Hunter S. Thompson to Bob Dylan, have included dispatches about the game of hockey and its stars.