Washington’s celebrity in Washington, Alex Ovechkin, is on the door of a NHL recording that many believed to be uninterrupted.
Ovechkin, 39, equalized Wayne Gretzky’s NHL targets report from 894, 894, Friday night time. “The Nice One” scored its closing objective on March 29, 1999. “The Nice Eight” might very nicely exceed this mark earlier than the top of season 2024-25.
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Ovechkin has entered this season with 853 NHL targets in his profession and began Crimson Sizzling with 15 targets in his first 18 video games. A damaged fibula in November took him out of the vary for nearly 5 weeks, however when he returned to the capitals, he didn’t miss a 4 -goal beat in his first 5 video games again as a result of damage.
Ovechkin’s final targets, no. 893 and no. 894 of his profession, got here in opposition to the Blackhawks from Chicago, on Friday, with Gretzky and NHL Commissioner Gary Betman, current. He scored his first objective only a few minutes in the course of the opening interval.
Then it was appropriate with Gretzky’s report initially of the third interval.
The capitals remained six video games of their program after Friday. He formally reached 894 targets in a single common season (1,846) than Gretzky.
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Gretzky was within the crowd on Friday night time to trace and Ovechkin hit the landmark.
“It is only a matter of time, whether or not it is the top of this yr, initially of subsequent yr, at any time when,” Gretzky instructed nhl.com earlier this season about Ovechkin’s possibilities to report his report. “I imply, he is a terrific participant. He is an enormous goalscorer.”
As Gretzky’s recording approaches, Ovechkin was related to Hockey Fights Most cancers and V Basis for Most cancers Analysis to launch “The GR8 Chase for Victory Over Most cancers.” The marketing campaign will see that Ovechkin donates an quantity in equal to his NHL profession objective for every objective he enrolls for the remainder of his profession. Monumental Sports activities & Leisure, which owns the capitals, will match with every donation.
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Ovechkin continues his chase for Gretzky’s model on Sunday in opposition to New York Island.
We are going to watch Ovechkin’s race at 894 targets and past the entire season.
NHL Prime-10 in profession targets
1. Wayne Gretzky (894)
2. Alex Ovechkin (894)
three. Gordie Howe (801)
four. Jaromir Jagr (766)
5. Brett Hull (741)
6. Marcel Dionne (731)
7. Phil Esposito (717)
eight. Mike Gartner (708)
9. Mark Messier (694)
10. Steve Yzerman (692)
Ovechkin in 2005 (Joel Richardson/The Washington Put up via Getty Photos)
(The Washington Put up via Getty Photos)
The remainder of the video games of the common season 2024-25
Solar, April 6: to Icelanders, 12:30 PM et
You, April 10: vs. Carolina, 19:30 et
SAT, April 12: At Columbus, 7pm
Solar, April 13: vs. Columbus, 6 pm
Kill, April 15: to Icelanders, eight PM et
You, April 17: At Pittsburgh, 7pm
Alex Ovechkin scored on 180 completely different goalkeepers from NHL entrance in 2005 (Jamie Sabau/Nhli via Getty Photos)
(Jamie Sabau via Getty Photos)
Ovechkin Milestone Timeline’s objective
No. 1: October 2, 2005 vs. Columbus blue jackets (Pascal Leclaire)
No. 50: 13 April 2006 vs. Atlanta Thrashers (Mike Dunham)
No. 100: October 12, 2007 vs. New York Rangers (Henrik Lundqvist)
No. 200: February 5, 2009 (Jonathan Fast)
No. 300: April 5, 2011 (James Reimer)
No. 400: December 20, 2013 (Web empty)
No. 500: January 10, 2016 (Andrew Hammond)
No. 600: March 12, 2018 (Connor Hellebuyck)
No. 700: Feb 22 2020 (Blackwood Mackenzie)
No. 800: December 13, 2022 (Petr Mrazek)
Hat Methods per season (32 profession)
2005-06: 1
2006-07: 1
2007-08: three
2008-09: three
2009-10: 1
2010-11: 1
2011-12: zero
2012-13: 2
2013-14: 1
2014-15: zero
2015-16: 2
2016-17: 2
2017-18: three
2018-19: three
2019-20: four
2020-21: zero
2021-22: 1
2022-23: 2
2023-24: zero
2024-25: 2