Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.

After on Sunday, Ovechkin has 882 goals and needs 13 to break the record.

Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking the regular-season record by B次元官网网址淭he Great OneB次元官网网址� that long seemed unapproachable. The 39-year-old Russian is in his 20th NHL season and was on pace to get to 895 in February before in a shin-on-shin collision in November. He missed 16 games but resumed his pursuit at Toronto in the CapitalsB次元官网网址� first game out of the Christmas break.

Alex OvechkinB次元官网网址檚 last goal scored

Ovechkin scored his third goal of the game against Edmonton by putting the puck into an empty net from 139 feet away. He also scored at even strength and on the power play of the Oilers.

What records does Ovechkin already have?

Ovechkin already owns the NHL records for power-play goals and shots on goal.

He also has , tied for the most with Jaromir Jagr. Ovechkin has and counting, breaking JagrB次元官网网址檚 record by beating Leevi Merilainen of the Senators for No. 874. Ovechkin has 178 multi-goal games, second to Gretzky (189).

Ovechkin earlier this season to record 700 career assists. He joined Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jagr, Marcel Dionne and Phil Esposito as the only players with 700 goals and 700 assists.

Who are the NHLB次元官网网址檚 leading scorers?

Ovechkin, after climbing past Mike Gartner (708), Esposito (717), Dionne (731), Brett Hull (741) and Jagr (766), on Dec. 23, 2022, to move into second behind Gretzky (894).

Who previously held the career goals record?

Gretzky has held the record since scoring his 802nd goal on March 23, 1994, to pass Howe. He added 92 more before retiring in 1999 after a total of 1,487 games over 20 seasons.

Gretzky holds 55 NHL records and even if his goals mark falls to Ovechkin B次元官网网址� which he has said he is excited about B次元官网网址� two seem truly untouchable: 2,857 total points and 1,963 assists, which is more than anyone else has in goals and assists combined.

If adding playoff goals, which do not count toward the record, Gretzky has the most of those, as well, with 122. Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky also had another 56 in the World Hockey Association regular season and playoffs, while Ovechkin has 57 from his time in the Russia-based KHL.