Washington’s celebrity in Washington, Alex Ovechkin, is on the door of a NHL recording that many believed to be uninterrupted.
Ovechkin, 39, closes within the file of NHL objectives in Wayne Gretzky in 894. The “Nice” scored its remaining objective on March 29, 1999.
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Ovechkin has entered this season with 853 NHL objectives in his profession and began Purple Sizzling with 15 objectives 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 attributable to harm.
Ovechkin’s newest objective, no. 891 of his profession, got here in opposition to Carolina Hurricans on Wednesday, with Gretzky and NHL Commissioner Gary Betman. Now it’s two objectives away from the binding of Gretzky and three objectives from the file recording.
The capitals have seven video games left of their program after Wednesday.
“It is only a matter of time, whether or not it is the tip of this yr, firstly of subsequent yr, at any time when,” Gretzky informed nhl.com earlier this season about Ovechkin’s probabilities to file his file. “I imply, he is an ideal participant. He is an enormous goalscorer.”
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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 dollars 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.
Ovechkin continues his chase for Gretzky’s mark on Friday in opposition to the Chicago Blackhawks.
We’ll watch Ovechkin’s race at 894 objectives and past the entire season.
NHL High-10 in profession objectives
1. Wayne Gretzky (894)
2. Alex Ovechkin (892)
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
Free, April four: vs. Chicago, 7pm
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, 18:00 and
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 Tips 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