BOSTON -- Ryan Leonard was in the Boston College locker room, moments from signing with the Washington Capitals, when a text message popped up on his phone. It was Alex Ovechkin.

BOSTON — When Ryan Leonard took the ice at TD Garden ... almost as enthusiastically as if he had scored himself. Captain Alex Ovechkin scored the 891st goal of his career, leaving him four ...

In the midst of celebrating with captain Alex Ovechkin and his new teammates as Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky for the ...

Hockey Legend Wayne Gretzky greets Washington Capitals rookie Ryan Leonard for his first NHL Goal in Alex Ovechkin's historic ...

Alex Ovechkin received gifts from the Capitals in his first game since breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record.

It took Alex Ovechkin 1,486 games, almost 7,000 shots on net and nearly 20 seasons of work to catch Wayne Gretzky and his NHL ...

The Washington Capitals are fresh off Alex Ovechkin breaking the all-time goals record ... who could help them in a quest for ...

Amherst native and former Boston College hockey star Ryan Leonard helped the Washington Capitals defeat the lowly Boston ...

Having passed Wayne Gretzky for NHL goal-scoring supremacy, the Washington Capitals captain has nothing more to prove. So ...

Chicago put goalie Spencer Knight back in the game after that, so Ovechkin came back in and nearly got the hat trick anyway.

We've tracked his goals all season long. Alex Ovechkin might have declined an empty-netter, but he wasn't done for the evening. After Ryan Leonard scored to make it 5-3, Blackhawks coach Anders ...