Wow, Alex Ovechkin is so close to breaking the great Wayne Gretzky’s record in goals scored, that there’s a good chance he’ll be setting new milestones by the time the 2024-25 regular season has reached its ultimate conclusion.
In case you’re unsure of the number, Gretzky has 894 goals scored, so that’ll be the magic number we'll all be watching as Ovechkin inches closer and attempts to claim the record for himself.
Since there’s a good chance he’ll make history, we decided to build this live tracker to document Ovechkin’s historical run. Every time Ovechkin scores, we’ll update this tracker the following day so you too can stay updated as one of the greatest hockey players of all time chases a milestone we thought would never be reached again.
Alex Ovechkin has 879 career goals and is 16 away from breaking Gretzky’s record
So far in 2024-25, Ovechkin has 40 points, 26 goals, and 14 assists in 38 games played.
Alex Ovechkin scored the game-winner on Thursday night, bringing him one step closer to Gretzky's record with 21 goals.
On January 23rd against the Seattle Kraken, Ovechkin scored Goal No. 875, putting him just 20 away from Gretzky.
Ovechkin scored again in the Capitals losing effort to the Ottawa Senators, and he also tacked on a pair of assists.
Ovechkin's latest goal came on February 1st in an overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets, but it was a memorable one.
Ovechkin found the score sheet again, this time against the Florida Panthers, giving him his 25th goal of the season.
Alex Ovechkin found the back of the net yet again with a goal against the Philadelphia Flyers on February 6th, bringing his total up to 26 on the year.
This article is accurate as of January 24th, 2025