Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record with 894

Alex Ovechkin stands on verge of hockey's greatest milestone

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin cracked a Bud Light and casually took a sip as nearby fans chanted, "Ovi! Ovi!" He was soon joined by Wayne Gretzky to put the two greatest goal-scorers in NHL history side by side.

Ovechkin on the brink of the 'impossible'

Alex Ovechkin is just one goal away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal-scoring record in the National Hockey League, the crowning achievement of a stellar 20-season career.

NHL scoring record: Gretzy was there for Ovechkin long before Friday

WASHINGTON — A little more than three decades before Alex Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record, the “Great One” had his own chase. Gretzky was in hot pursuit of Gordie Howe’s record in the spring of 1994. Howe was there when Gretzky tied and passed him. His father, Walter Gretzky, told him to be there, be supportive and be proud if anyone approached the record again. Heeding his father’s advice, Gretzky made his first in…

Alex Ovechkin Ties Wayne Gretzky's All-Time NHL Goalscoring Record with No. 894

Alex Ovechkin scored No. 894 ‘in theater and in style.’ His next goal will be even grander - Overpasses For America

WASHINGTON — Sometime soon — Sunday maybe, perhaps Thursday — Alex Ovechkin will reach the summit. In a career jammed with consequential goals, none will be remembered more than the next one. We’ll talk about it then, and we’ll do it in the grandest of terms, because that’s how it all works. To say he’s chasing immortality, whole cloth, would be incorrect; that’s a fish he caught long ago. He is, though, still chasing something. The biggest reco…

Russian hockey player and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin repeated Wayne Gretzky's career goal record with 894 goals scored. Gretzky himself attended the match and then personally congratulated Ovechkin.