Utah Hockey Club. He returned on Dec. 28 and has scored goals in four of his first seven games back. Ovechkin entered this season needing 42 goals to break Gretzky's record of 894 career goals,

1991 — Wayne Gretzky scores three goals, including his 700th, as the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 6-3.

One of the primary story lines of this NHL season has been Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record. Over the first month of the season ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 868 goals after scoring 15 in the first 18 games this season.

Esposito was on hand when Gretzky set that record in Buffalo, scoring a third-period hat trick against the Sabres in Memorial Auditorium on Feb. 24, 1982, to get the record 77th goal and add Nos.

1991 — Wayne Gretzky scores three goals, including his 700th, as the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 6-3. 1993 — The Buffalo Bills stage pro football’s biggest comeback to beat ...

A strong team effort led by LeBron James and Max Christie helps carry the Lakers past Portland with Anthony Davis nursing an ankle sprain.

The NFL playoffs are set, Wemby reaches 100 career NBA games, "The Frozen Confines," the biggest wave ever surfed, Baker's Dozen, and more.

The longest winning streak in major professional sports — 33 games — ends when the Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-104 behind 39 points by Milwaukee’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 1980 — Goaltender Jim Stewart,

The Chicago Bears were interested in trying to bring Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy back to the NFC North. But the Cowboys and their owner, Jerry Jones, have other plans.

A Tampa Bay Lightning fan was turned down by his crush in the most humiliating way during Tuesday night's game.

Peterka's 23:37 of ice time was the most that he's played in his 200 NHL games. The winger totaled five shots on goal with eight shot attempts, and he had two assists.