Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record

Ovechkin ties Gretzky’s record with his 894th goal. He needs one more to break it

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Updated: 9:51 PM EDT Apr 4, 2025

Yeah, man, it’s, it’s been pretty impressive to watch him over the years. You, you, you sort of think teams would, would come up with *** game plan to stop him, but you can’t, I mean, he gets 50 every year. It seems like he just, uh, has an amazing shot obviously, but he’s an amazing competitor and, and gets to those areas where he needs to score. It’s been pretty cool to watch with some goals as well. So I give up *** few. Uh, yeah. And, uh, no, he’s very impressive. One of the greatest players in the world in. And, uh, yeah, and, um, it’s pretty cool that, uh, I’m able to play against him. So I just, uh, I, I hope he’ll, he’ll be *** great career too, so I think he deserves it. I mean, I, I think he, he will.

Ovechkin ties Gretzky’s record with his 894th goal. He needs one more to break it

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Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career, setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants of “Ovi! Ovi!” in the crowd that included the “Great One” himself.Related video from 2020: Opponents marvel at Ovechkin the goal-scorerOvechkin scored on the power play with 13:46 left Friday night, stopping the game while fans rose to their feet to applaud the longtime Washington Capitals captain. Clearly emotional he skated several laps around center ice asking for more cheers, then returned to the bench where he blew kisses to members of his family in a suite.A video montage of Ovechkin’s path to 894 played on arena video boards during the next stoppage in play. He’s now one goal away from breaking one of hockey’s biggest records.With Gretzky in attendance for the first time during this chase, Ovechkin gave him and nearly everyone else in the building reason to cheer early by scoring his 893rd goal less than four minutes in. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banking the puck off the far post and goaltender Spencer Knight’s back and in.After a few seconds, Ovechkin’s personal goal song, “Shake, Rattle & Roll” by Big Joe Turner,” started blaring from arena speakers as mascot Slapshot flipped the counter in one corner from 892 to 893.Scoring in a fourth consecutive game, Ovechkin reached 40 goals for a 14th time in 20 seasons, which is the most in league history. With his second, he is at 41.

WASHINGTON —Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career, setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants of “Ovi! Ovi!” in the crowd that included the “Great One” himself.

Related video from 2020: Opponents marvel at Ovechkin the goal-scorer

Ovechkin scored on the power play with 13:46 left Friday night, stopping the game while fans rose to their feet to applaud the longtime Washington Capitals captain. Clearly emotional he skated several laps around center ice asking for more cheers, then returned to the bench where he blew kisses to members of his family in a suite.

A video montage of Ovechkin’s path to 894 played on arena video boards during the next stoppage in play. He’s now one goal away from breaking one of hockey’s biggest records.

With Gretzky in attendance for the first time during this chase, Ovechkin gave him and nearly everyone else in the building reason to cheer early by scoring his 893rd goal less than four minutes in. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banking the puck off the far post and goaltender Spencer Knight’s back and in.

After a few seconds, Ovechkin’s personal goal song, “Shake, Rattle & Roll” by Big Joe Turner,” started blaring from arena speakers as mascot Slapshot flipped the counter in one corner from 892 to 893.

Scoring in a fourth consecutive game, Ovechkin reached 40 goals for a 14th time in 20 seasons, which is the most in league history. With his second, he is at 41.

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