Washington’s famous person 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 closing aim on March 29, 1999.
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Ovechkin has entered this season with 853 NHL objectives in his profession and began Purple Scorching 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 as a consequence of damage.
Ovechkin’s newest aim, no. 890 of his profession, got here on Sunday towards the Sabre Buffalo. He scored in entrance of the gate to scale back Buffalo’s management to 6-Four to the center of the third interval. Buffalo went to an Eight-5 victory.
Now it’s 4 objectives away from Gretzky’s binding and 5 objectives from recording the file. The capitals remained 9 video games of their program after Sunday.
“It is only a matter of time, whether or not it is the tip of this 12 months, at first of subsequent 12 months, every time,” Gretzky advised nhl.com earlier this season about Ovechkin’s probabilities to file his file. “I imply, he is an incredible participant. He is a giant 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 equal to his NHL profession aim for every aim he enrolls for the remainder of his profession. Monumental Sports activities & Leisure, which holds the capitals, will match with every donation.
Ovechkin continues his chase for Gretzky’s mark on Tuesday towards Boston Bruins.
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 (890)
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 by Getty Photos)
(The Washington Put up by Getty Photos)
The remainder of the video games of the common season 2024-25
Kill, April 1: to Boston, 7 pm et
Wednesday, April 2: At Carolina, 19:00 et
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 totally different goalkeepers from NHL entrance in 2005 (Jamie Sabau/Nhli by Getty Photos)
(Jamie Sabau by Getty Photos)
Ovechkin Milestone Timeline’s aim
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