Alex Ovechkin goals tracker: Capitals star eight away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL record

The Washington Star Capital, Alex Ovecchkin Nhl History. The legendary striker has already recorded his name in the story, but he continues to pursue the record for the objectives of all Wayne Gretzky.

Ovecchkin is about to become the leader of all NHL goals and can pass the Gretzky 894 mark before the end of the season. Currently, the highlight of capitals has 887 race goals after scoring a goal in the third period on a Saturday route of the San Jose sharks.

The goal, its 34th of the season, came one week after Ovecchin became the eleventh player in NHL history to reach 1,600 points.

It now needs eight more goals in the remaining 15 Washington games to achieve the Gretzky record this season.

The 2023-24 campaign turned out to be mortal for Ovechkin, where he scored 31 goals, his lowest total in a complete season of his career. Ovechkin had only 24 goals in 2020-21, but this season was shortened due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Ovechkin scored 42 goals during the 2022-23 season and scored at least 41 goals in 13 of his 19 seasons of the NHL.

Currently, Ovechkin has won 1,603 points (887 goals, 717 assists) in his career. He made even more history in 2023-24 when he recorded a record of the NHL 18th season of 30 Go, going on 17th by Mike Gartner for honor. He is now up to 19 years old for his career.

To the pace of this season, given its health, Ovechkin would surpass the “big” before the end of the regular season.

Ovecchkin will continue to be a force established in the highest power game unit of the capital, so that there are figures that there are many goals score opportunities. He obviously scored at a much better pace that he did a year ago when he recorded only five goals during the first two months of the season.

CBS Sports will keep track of Ovechkin’s goals throughout the season and keep the tabs about the proximity to which the record of all Gretzky’s time is overshadowed.