Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL objectives file of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.
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Ovechkin has 885 objectives and desires 9 to tie and 10 to interrupt the file.
Ovechkin entered the season 42 in need of breaking the regular-season file by “The Great One” that had lengthy appeared unapproachable. The 39-year-old Russian is in his twentieth NHL season and was on tempo to get to 895 in February earlier than breaking his left leg in a shin-on-shin collision in November. He missed 16 video games however resumed his pursuit at Toronto within the Capitals’ first sport out of the Christmas break. Alex Ovechkin’s final purpose scored
Ovechkin scored the tying purpose on the ability play within the third interval to power additional time on the New York Rangers on Wednesday night time, his thirty second purpose in 46 video games. The Capitals gained 3-2 in additional time. What file s does Ovechkin have already got?
Ovechkin already owns the NHL information for power-play objectives and photographs on purpose.
He additionally has 135 game-winning objectives, tied for essentially the most with Jaromir Jagr. Ovechkin has scored on 181 completely different goaltenders, breaking Jagr’s file by beating Leevi Merilainen of the Senators with No. 874. Ovechkin has 178 multi-goal video games, second to Gretzky .
Ovechkin earlier this season grew to become the sixtieth participant to file 700 profession assists. He joined Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jagr, Marcel Dionne and Phil Esposito as the one gamers with 700 objectives and 700 assists. Who’re the NHL’s main scorers?
Ovechkin, after climbing previous Mike Gartner , Esposito , Dionne , Brett Hull and Jagr , scored purpose No. 802 on Dec. 23, 2022, to maneuver into second behind Gretzky . Who beforehand held the profession objectives file?
Gretzky has held the file since scoring his 802nd purpose on March 23, 1994, to cross Howe. He added 92 extra earlier than retiring in 1999 after a complete of 1,487 video games over 20 seasons.
Gretzky holds 55 NHL information and even when his objectives mark falls to Ovechkin — which he has stated he’s enthusiastic about — two appear really untouchable: 2,857 whole factors and 1,963 assists, which is greater than anybody else has in objectives and assists mixed.
For NHL playoff objectives, which don’t depend towards the file, Gretzky has essentially the most . Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky additionally had one other 56 within the World Hockey Affiliation common season and playoffs, whereas Ovechkin has 57 from his time within the Russia-based KHL.
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