Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal during the Washington Capitals’ 5-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. This goal brings him just eight goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 goals. Ovechkin’s goal came in the third period, marking his 18th tally of the season in that period alone, the highest in the NHL. He now has 34 goals this season. The goal was scored against Georgi Romanov, making Romanov the 182nd different goalie Ovechkin has scored on in his career. Additionally, Ovechkin assisted on Dylan Strome’s opening goal, contributing to Washington’s sixth win in their last seven games. Other Capitals scorers included Aliaksei Protas, Taylor Raddysh, and Trevor van Riemsdyk, who ended a 145-game goal drought. For the Sharks, Macklin Celebrini scored, and Alexandar Georgiev was replaced by Romanov after allowing three goals on 17 shots.
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Jan 16 ALEX OVECHKIN WINS IT IN
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OVERTIME WITH CAREER GOAL 874!
ONLY 21 MORE GOALS TO PASS WAYNE GRETZKY FOR THE MOST IN NHL HISTORY!
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16h #ALLCAPS Alex Ovechkin scores goal #887
He’s on pace to set the NHL’s career goals record on April 12 at Columbus
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Jan 16 ALEX OVECHKIN WINS IT IN OVERTIME FOR THE CAPITALS
He is now 21 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goalscoring record
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Mar 5 10 GOALS AWAY FROM HISTORY! #Gr8Chase
Alex Ovechkin scores his 885th career goal and is 10 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record!
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Mar 9 Ovechkin scores career goal number 886 on an empty netter. He is now 9 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record. Single digits!!
Caps beat the Kraken, 4-2.
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