Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 873 goals and needs 22 to set a new record. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates his empty net goal with right wi...
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is chasing the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.
Alex Ovechkin has scored on 175 different goaltenders climbing all the way to second on the NHL career goals list.
The goal was the 874th of Ovechkin’s remarkable career, meaning he needs just 21 more to beat Gretzky’s total of 894. The 39-year-old already has 21 goals in 29 games in 2024-25, putting him on track to break the record this season, as long as he stays healthy. Should he maint...
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Gretzky has held the record since scoring his 802nd goal on March 23, 1994, to pass Howe. He added 92 more before retiring in 1999 after a total of 1,487 games over 20 seasons. Ovechkin has played in 1,444 total games so far. ...
Ovechkin scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season Monday. This is his highest goals total in the first 18 games, and he leads the NHL in goals for the first time since January 2022. Monday was his 100th career multigoal road game, which is 17 more than any other player in ...
That likely will have to wait until the spring or perhaps early next season after this injury, which could lead to Ovechkin's longest absence of his two-decade NHL career. He has missed just 59 games total and only 35 because of injury since debuting in 2005. ...
Through 15 games, 36-year-oldAlex Ovechkinis off to the best start of his career in terms of points, rebounding from arelatively slow start last seasonand putting up numbers that can only suggest he’s still getting better. With 12 goals in 15 games, Ovi has matched a goal total he’...
who took over the team after Barry Trotz resigned last summer, expected more. So he put Ovechkin back into a role he was counted on to play in his younger days: on the ice when the opposing net is empty, playing defense but also eyeing the chance for a back-breaking goal the other ...