Ovechkin also has the third-oldest 40-goal season in NHL history, scoring 42 as a 37-year-old during the 2022-23 season. It’s the 14th time Ovechkin has hit the 40-goal mark in his career.

Credit: NHL.com The NHL goal-scoring achievement stands as one of the most challenging objectives to accomplish. A small group of exceptional players has managed to achieve the highest ...

which was the lowest goal-scoring total in an 82-game season. The year before, Ovechkin potted 42 goals. In 2022, he had 50 markers. However, the 39-year-old looked rejuvenated early in 2024-25.

Gretzky had held the scoring record since 1994 when he tallied his 802nd goal to pass Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe. Gretzky, who played primarily for the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles ...

Real Madrid became one of the few teams in the sport to score 10,000 goals. While most would have expected Kylian Mbappé or Vinícius Júnior to bag the historic goal, it was actually Tchouaméni ...

Alex Ovechkin is a hat trick away. The Washington Capitals forward scored goal No. 891 of his career on Tuesday night, leaving him three away from tying Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and four from ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin made history Friday night, scoring two goals at home to tie Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 with The Great One in the house. Ovechkin tried his hardest in ...

Alex Ovechkin is on the brink of breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal record, with his remarkable consistency and lethal shot. Goalies across the league prepare themselves, hoping not to be ...

Ovechkin, however, has been relentless as a goal-scorer in his two decades in the NHL, and he's kept scoring at a high enough pace to roll past Gretzky in the weeks ahead. Gretzky scored his 894 ...

Fans chanted, "Ovi! Ovi!" before and after play resumed. Scoring in a fourth consecutive game, Ovechkin reached 40 goals for a 14th time in 20 seasons, which is the most in league history.

When Alex Ovechkin sets the NHL's all-time goal scoring record, "The Great One" will be there. Wayne Gretzky will be part of a traveling caravan that will attend every Washington Capitals game ...

Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record with two goals against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. He scored his 893rd goal in the first period and added his 894th in the third.