SEE IT: Alex Ovechkin surpasses Wayne Gretzky, becomes NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer

Ovechkin scored goal No. 895 in second period against New York

4/6/2025, 6:04 PM
Apr 6, 2025; Elmont, New York, USA; Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) scores a goal in the 2nd period against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. The goal is the 895th of Ovechkin’s career, breaking the NHL all-time career goals record previously held by Wayne Gretzky.at UBS Arena. / Geoff Burke-Imagn Images
Apr 6, 2025; Elmont, New York, USA; Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) scores a goal in the 2nd period against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. The goal is the 895th of Ovechkin’s career, breaking the NHL all-time career goals record previously held by Wayne Gretzky.at UBS Arena. / Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

Hockey history happened on Long Island.

In the second period of the Islanders’ matchup with the Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal, surpassing Wayne Gretzky for the most ever.

Trailing 2-0, the Capitals found themselves on the power play, allowing Ovechkin, who has the most power-play goals in NHL history, to put his name in the record books as he wristed one past Ilya Sorokin for the record-breaking goal.

With the Islanders’ crowd chanting “Ovi, Ovi,” the games was stopped for a ceremony to allow Ovechkin to fully soak in the moment, as he officially became the greatest goal scorer in NHL history.

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