- Ovechkin passes on empty-net opportunity for record-breaking goal NHL.com
- Alex Ovechkin confirms he refused to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record with an empty net Yahoo Sports
- Column | Alex Ovechkin is doing the impossible, and he’s doing it with joy The Washington Post
- Alex Ovechkin and Wayne Gretzky are tied at 894 goals. Ovechkin can break the record Sunday AP News
- Ticket prices soar with Alex Ovechkin 1 goal from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record The New York Times