With his power play tally in the 2nd period, Alex Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky for most career goals all-time in the National Hockey League!
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Great achievement, another 100 on top just to seal it! 👍🏼
Canadian here. 99 is the best hockey player of all time but 8 is the best goal scorer. End of.
Can’t believe they stopped the whole game. I don’t know any other sport that would do that.
He is Better Then Gretzky
Every time Alex Ovechkin scores from now on, the puck should be collected and sold in an auction in a unique collectible casing. Money should go to charity.
Would LOVE to see him crack 900 goals before he hangs up his Washington Capitals jersey !!!!!
Hes been my favorite player since he got drafted. Who else 👍
as a die hard devils, im so happy to ovi finally reach 895 it be amazing if he can reach 1,000 goals
What a privilege it was to witness the Great 8 brake the record and literally fly into immortality! One of the happiest moment of my life! Congrats, Alex the Great!!!
Well there’s a new all time nhl goal scorer Alex Ovechkin surpasses Wayne Gretzky with 895 🎊 🎉🎈🏒🥅 what an historic achievement world class
Hockey history. The traitor Gretzky is getting slowly erased. Good riddance traitor.
Gretzky is always a class act.
From a Thrashers fan… Congrats Ovi!
39 years old putting up a 40+ goal season even with an injury, alongside breaking the record that many people thought was impossible, and to do it all with the team that drafted him originally, truly remarkable
Gretzky needs only one goal left to tie Ovechkin record)
Congrats from a blues fan! If we can’t win the cup, I really hope you do.
Matthews will be the next to do it
I remember watching Gretzky retire, thinking no one would ever touch that goals record all those years ago. Absolutely awesome to see Ovechkin surpass such a monumental record and how great it is to see Wayne so gracious to pass on the honor.
Wayne Gretzky Is The Goat🐐
Stopping the game immediately to do the celebration was super cool, congratulations Ovechkin!
Congratulations to the Gr8 Ovechkin.
2018 Stanley Cup Champion
NHL All Time leading Goal Scorer
You know what, I hope they win the cup again this year. What a way it would be to conclude an amazing season
Even though the Caps have always been rivals to my favorite team, the Canes, I'm happy for him that he got the record. You can't deny when someone is the greatest at something and my hat's off to Ovi!
Congratulations Ovechkin🎉🥅✨
What a beauty, congrats to Ovi and his family!
Really class by the entire Islanders organization with how they handled this. Great job! Well deserved Ovi, just an absolute legend of the game.
Ovi was born on September 17th 1985
Take that day and you have in number form 09/17/1985
Drop 19 in the year 1985 and you have 09/17/85
Multiply those numbers 9x17x85 and you get 13,005
Gretzky was born on January 26, 1961
Gretzky broke Howe's goal record on March 23, 1994
It took Gretzky 12,109 days in his life to break Howe's goal record
Take 13,005 and subtract 12,109 and you get 896
Day 96 in the calendar year 2025 is April 6th
It took Ovi who wears number 8 96 days into 2025 to break Gretzky's goal record
Back to the number 13,005
From 13,005 add 895 (the number to brake the record) and 894 (Gretzky's goal record) and you get 14,794
Now take the number 895. Multiply 8x9x5 and you get 360
Subtract 360 from 14,794 and you get 14,434
On April 6, 2025 Ovi is 39 years, 6 months & 20 days old
Now take 14,434 and add 39 and you get 14,473
Then take 14,473 and subtract 6 and 20 and you get 14,447
Lastly take 14,447 and subtract 1 (the number of goals he needed to break Gretzky's goal record) and you get 14,446
14,446 is the number you get. 14,446 is the number of days Ovi's has lived From September 17, 1985 to April 6, 2025 and the number of days it took in Ovi's life to break Gretzky's goal record
Guess it was meant to be that Ovi breaks the record today on April 6, 2025 against the Islanders
Also the puck for Ovi's record breaking 895th goal went into the net at a speed of 85 miles/hour. Ovi was born in '85 (1985)
And thanking the goalie for letting him score – priceless!
Now we know Gretzky is a true Magat. His father will be spinning in his grave. So sad.
I’m a Vancouver Canucks fan, and Ovi wasn’t here very often, but I was honoured to see him live once, and he scored in that game. Congrats from Vancouver, the great 8!
Another reason why I love hockey. Hockey does a great job honoring their legends, past and present, like no other sport.
Legendary! Everyone thought this record was eternal! Congrats #8 Alexander Ovechkin, Поздравляю легенда!
The great 8 passes the great 1
🎉🎉🎉
It's only regular season and pre season goals. It's not the most goal when playoffs are included.
Саня молодец! Не знаю кто сможет подобраться к нему. В ближайшие лет 10 точно никто.
Ови, мы гордимся тобой❤❤❤❤❤❤😀😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome job Alex congratulations 🎉
From an Avalanche fan, congrats Ovi!
Alexander the gr8t!
I wasn’t even aware of this goal scoring record. I stopped watching hockey years ago because it got so bad.