A record that resisted the time test in the National Hockey League was equal in a moment that will remain memories forever by fans of sport.
Alex Ovechkin, the 39 -year -old Washington capital captain scored the 894th goal of his career – and his second at night – Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks to send a rummer capital arena with approval while history has been observed.
With this objective, he officially linked Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in a single player in the history of the League.
Ovechkin was in a place where he made his house – the left circle – when he received a unique pass from the longtime teammate John Carlson and slapped him in front of the goalkeeper of the Blackhawks Spencer Knight.
While the crowd got up – including Gretzky and his wife alongside the NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman, the game was interrupted for a standing ovation. Ovechkin patinated on the ice, finished a thank you and the match continued.
After winning three Hart trophies, an art-oss trophy, nine Rocket Richard trophies, won 12 stars appearances, and having climbed his name on the Stanley Cup, Ovechkin added to his legend by undoubtedly taking the most important record in the history of the NHL for his.
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL marking record
Ovechkin’s career in the NHL has taken a little start. It was the overall choice n ° 1 of the draft of the Entrance to the NHL 2004 by the Capitals, only for its first season to be delayed by one year due to a lockout.
When he arrived, he did it in style. During his beginnings with the caps, Ovechkin scored two goals against Pascal Leclaire in a 3-2 victory against the Blue Jackets in Columbus.
He would win his first round of the Hat in the NHL on January 13 in a match against the Ducks of Anaheim – marking goals n ° 28, 29 and 30 in his career.
The next match, a match on the road against the Phoenix Coyotes, trained by Wayne Gretzky, Ovechkin has undoubtedly scored the biggest goal in NHL history.
In a sequence where words cannot accurately represent the majesty of the action, Ovechkin ran from ice, deceased around a Coyotes defender and lost his edge – falling to the ice.
As he fell on his back, he managed to take the back of his stick blade on the washer and pushed him towards the mouth of the open goal – in which he slipped directly.
This season, he won the Calder trophy – given to the best recruit in the League – while he was beating the Sidney Crosby career rival for honor.
Ovechkin scored 100 goals on October 12, 2007 in a match against New York Rangers. A little over two years later, he would spend 200 goals against the Kings of Los Angeles in February 2009.
Ovechkin only started his career after being drafted due to a lockout
But when he finally made his NHL debut in 2005, his career had a flying start
Ovechkin’s latest major threshold returned in 2022, when he scored the career goal n ° 800
Two years after that, in April 2011, he reached 300 against the Devils of New Jersey. The goal n ° 400 arrived in December 2013 against the Hurricanes of Caroline.
It took a little more than two years after that to reach 500 – which did it in January 2016 against the Senators of Ottawa.
He became the 20th player in the NHL history to cross the threshold of 600 goals on March 12, 2018 against the Winnipeg jets. A few weeks before a world pandemic stopped the world of sport, on February 22, 2020, Ovechkin scored the 700 career goal against the Devils.
Then, the goal n ° 800 came against the Chicago Blackhawks on December 13, 2022 – giving it a clear objective that he achieved today.
From his now record number of goals, only 72 came to the playoffs – putting him at the top of the list of active players but 15th in total and 50 behind Gretzky.
Ovechkin’s career manages the table of success in the National Hockey League.
He won the Rocket Richard trophy – given to the League top scorer in a season – nine times. Ovechkin also won the Art Ross Trophy – gave the player with the most points in a season – in 2008.
His peers appointed him MVP of the League in three consecutive seasons – with Ovechkin winning what is now called the Ted Lindsay Prize in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He was appointed MVP of the League by the Professional Association of Hockey Writers also three times – taking the Hart trophy in 2008, 2009 and 2013.
After escaping it for years, Ovechkin finally raised the Stanley Cup for the first time in 2018
It was the first title in the history of the franchise and Washington, the first professional sports title of DC in 27 years
But for decades, the ultimate hockey price – the Stanley Cup – escaped him.
Ovechkin made the playoffs in all seasons except five in his NHL career-his first two, season 13-14 and season 22-23.
Until the 2017-18 season, the capitals have never even reached the final of the Eastern Conference with their greatest player of all time. During his career until this moment, Ovechkin reached the second round six times – losing once against the Lightning of Tampa Bay, twice against the New York Rangers, and a painful three times against the Rival Pittsburgh Penguins.
But during this 17-18 season, he finally overcome his enemy by beating the pens in the second round in six games.
Ovechkin then won the final of the Eastern Conference for the first time, beating lightning in seven games to reach the pinnacle of sport: the Stanley Cup final.
Against the Golden Knights of Vegas, then in their first season, the capital facilitated the work of beginners – winning the decisive match 4-3 to win the very first Stanley Cup of the franchise and to break a title of title for Washington, the professional sports teams of DC, DC Four ‘of DC which lasted 27 years.
Ovechkin received the Conn-Smythe trophy as the most useful player for this season’s qualifiers.
During the seasons since, the capitals made six appearances in the playoffs and lost them in the first round.