As the 2024-25 season gets underway, Ovechkin is on the verge of becoming the NHL's all-time goals leader. Ovechkin comes into the year with a chance to surpass Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals ...
Russian superstar Alex Ovechkin has emerged as one of the greatest goal scorers of the modern era since being taken with the first overall selection by the Washington Capitals in the 2004 NHL Draft.
And that give him a chance to try to catch Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 career goals. Going into the 2024-25 NHL season, Ovechkin has 853 career goals, which puts him in second behind the ...
Ovechkin, 39, needs 42 goals to break Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 career goals, which has stood since 1999. The Capitals star scored 42 goals two seasons ago. Even if he falls ...