Alex Ovechkin goals tracker: Capitals star seven 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.

Now, at the age of 39, Ovecchkin is about to become the leader of the NHL’s goals, and Gretzky’s 894 mark may pass before the end of the season. Currently, the standard of capitals has 888 goals after scoring the 35th of the season in the first period at home against the Flyers of Philadelphia on Thursday night.

It now needs seven more goals in the remaining 14 games of Washington to achieve the Gretzky record this season.

Ovechkin currently has 1,607 total points (888 goals, 719 assists) in his career. On March 9, Ovechkin became the eleventh player in NHL history to reach 1,600 points.

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.

He made 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.

Ovecchkin is a force settled in the higher power unit of the capital, so he continues to have many punctuation 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.