Alex Ovechkin Tore Tracker: 'The Great Eight' is 9 away from Wayne Gretzky's all -time record of 894

Washington Capitals' superstar, Alex Ovechkin, is approaching an NHL record record that many considered to be unbreakable.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is located in a feast of Wayne Gretzky's all-time-noor record of 894. “The Great” scored his final goal on March 29, 1999.

Ovechkin entered the NHL season 2024-25 with 853 career-NHL goals. He started the season with 15 goals in 18 games. But after suffering a broken fibula in November, he missed five weeks. This free time had no influence on his skills in the goal: in his first five games, he scored four goals of injuries.

On Sunday, Ovechkin returned to Gretzky's record to bring the Seattle Kraken away. With his capitals late in the game, Ovechkin scored 1:29 in an empty network. The goal was the 886. Ovechkin's career and brought him within eight ties from Gretzky and nine of him.

The goal was also Ovechkins 1,600. Career point, the 11th ever. Washington won a 4-2 win.

“It is only a matter of time whether it is late this year, early next year, whenever,” said Gretzky to NHL.com at the beginning of this season about Ovechkin's chances to break his record. “I mean, he is a great player. He is a great scorer.”

When he approaches Gretzky's record, Ovechkin has teamed up with Hockey Fight Cancer Cancer and the V Foundation for Cancer Research in order to start “the Gr8 chase for the victory over cancer”. In the campaign, Ovechkin will donate a dollar amount that corresponds to his career -NHL goal for every goal he achieves for the rest of his career. Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which belongs to the capitals, will match every donation.

Ovechkin did not score against the Los Angeles Kings in the 3-0 defeat on Thursday. He will continue his chase after Gretzkys Mark on Saturday against the San Jose Sharks.

We will follow Ovechkin's races to 894 goals and beyond.

NHL Top-10 in career goals

1. Wayne Gretzky (894)
2. Alex Ovechkin (886)
3 .. Gordie Howe (801)
4. Jaromir Jagr (766)
5. Brett Hull (741)
6. Marcel Dionne (731)
7. Phil Esposito (717)
8. Mike Gartner (708)
9. Mark Messier (694)
10. Steve Yzerman (692)

Remaining 2024-25 regular seasonal games

Sat, March 15: in San Jose, 5 p.m.
Tue, March 18: Against Detroit, 7 p.m.
Thu, March 20: Against Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Sat, March 22: Against Florida, 5 p.m.
Tue, March 25: at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Thu, March 27: in Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Sun, March 30: vs. Buffalo, 3 p.m.
Tue 1: April: in Boston, 7 p.m.
Wed, April 2: in Carolina, 7 p.m.
Fri, April 4: Against Chicago, 7 p.m.
Sun, April 6th: With islanders, 12:30 p.m.
Thu, April 10: Against Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Sat, April 12: in Columbus, 7 p.m.
Sun, April 13: Against Columbus, 6 p.m.
Tue April 15: at Islander, 8 p.m.
Thu, April 17: in Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Ovechkin milestone target time bar

No. 1: October 2, 2005 against Columbus Blue Jackets (Pascal Leclaire)

No. 50: April 13, 2006 against Atlanta Thrashers (Mike Dunham)

No. 100: October 12, 2007 against New York Rangers (Henrik Lundqvist)

No. 200: February 5, 2009 (Jonathan Quick)

No. 300: April 5, 2011 (James Reimer)

No. 400: December 20, 2013 (empty network)

No. 500: January 10, 2016 (Andrew Hammond)

No. 600: March 12, 2018 (Connor Hellebuyck)

No. 700: February 22, 2020 (Mackenzie Blackwood)

No. 800: December 13, 2022 (Petr Mrazek)

Hattricks after season (32 career)

2005-06: 1
2006-07: 1
2007-08: 3
2008-09: 3
2009-10: 1
2010-11: 1
2011-12: 0
2012-13: 2
2013-14: 1
2014-15: 0
2015-16: 2
2016-17: 2
2017-18: 3
2018-19: 3
2019-20: 4
2020-21: 0
2021-22: 1
2022-23: 2
2023-24: 0
2024-25: 2