Wayne Gretzky, often hailed as the greatest hockey player of all time, made history on March 23, 1994, when he scored his 802nd goal, surpassing Gordie Howe's long-standing record. This monumental ...

Sidney Crosby invented a record. It wasn’t there before he did it. On Thursday at Buffalo, Crosby’s goal clinched him being ...

Named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in January 2017, Crosby has won the Stanley Cup three times. At age 21, he became ...

Jiri Kulich scored twice as part of a five-goal second period, and the Buffalo Sabres routed Pittsburgh 7-3 in an outing ...

Born Sept. 17, 1985, and coming of age just as the Soviet Union was giving way to a new Russia, Alex Ovechkin was drawn to ...

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby scored a first-period goal against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, March 27, ...

Alex Ovechkin almost stopped playing hockey. His mother ... Next on that list will be breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record. 1:38 Ovechkin’s over-the-top tour with Stanley cup ...

Raised in the final years of the Soviet sports system by parents who were already accomplished athletes, Ovechkin was given ...

and the Buffalo Sabres routed Pittsburgh 7-3 on Thursday night in an outing Penguins captain Sidney Crosby broke an NHL record for point-per-game consistency he shared with Wayne Gretzky.

When Ovechkin was 12 and playing in a competitive Moscow youth ... Wayne Gretzky's career goals record. “He was a very, very bright young man in terms of his goal-setting for his life," said ...