The 39-year-old Ovechkin surpassed Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record of 894 on Sunday afternoon. "The Great One" scored his final goal on March 29, 1999. "The Great Eight" has five more games before the end of the 2024-25 season to add to his now-record total.

Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals was once considered unbreakable. Then Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin broke it Sunday. "They say records are meant to be broken, but I'm not sure who's going to get more goals than that,

The Capitals star was forced to deal with some adversity over the past two seasons that may have delayed reaching Gretzky's all-time mark. In 2023-24, Ovechkin had what can be cat