Alex Ovechkin is a goal behind the record of 894 career goals from the NHL Wayne Gretzky. The capital superstar scored its 893rd career goal – and its 40th goal of the 2024-25 season – during the first period of the Friday match against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Capitals Forward Dylan Strome Feed Ovechkin from behind the net and Ovechkin tore a time that flashed the post before bounced off from the goalkeeper of the Blackhawks Spencer Knight in the net.
Here are the first five in the list of most of the ONH history objectives:
- Wayne Gretzky, 894
- Alex Ovechkin, 893
- Gordie Howe, 801
- Jaromír Jágr, 766
- Brett Hull, 741
Ovechkin has more than 370 goals away from the nearest active player, Sidney Crosby.
Although Ovechkin is an objective to equalize Gretzky’s career brand, he extended one of the goals he already has with his 40th count of the season. It is his 14th season of 40 career goals, two more than anyone. Only Gretzky (12), Mario Lemieux (10) and Marcel Dionne (10) had at least 10 seasons of this type. Ovechkin, once again, also has a massive advance on the nearest active player: Steven Stamkos has seven seasons of 40 goals.
In addition, Ovechkin, 39, is the second oldest NHL player with a 40 -goals season; Howe scored 44 goals in 1968-69, his age-40-year-old campaign.
Ovechkin’s season has been all the more impressive given the circumstances. In November, he broke his left pearl After a shin-on-shin collision with Jack McBain, and he missed more than a month (16 games) with the injury. Like Ovechkin, he scored in each of his first two games after his return, and this pace continued. The 2.2 goals of Ovechkin per 60 minutes are at the pace to be a higher career level, and it is also at the rate of its highest goals by match rate since 2019-2020.
In addition, Ovechkin’s objectives have not been empty statistics. Capitals – The only Ovechkin team have ever played – were the first NHL team to get a place in the playoffs, and they are currently directing the Eastern Conference.
With Gretzky now just two goals to pass Gretzky, here is the next step for Ovechkin and Washington: