Alex Ovechkin has hit another massive milestone that cements his place in NHL history. The Washington Capitals star became the league’s all-time goal scorer in twenty twenty four when he passed Wayne Gretzky. Now he has reached another first. He is officially the only player ever to score nine hundred career goals.

Ovechkin entered the twenty twenty five to twenty twenty six season with eight hundred ninety seven goals. He tied Gretzky last season and then passed him shortly after. Goal number nine hundred came on November five against the St. Louis Blues. And he has kept scoring since. He is already seen as the greatest goal scorer the league has ever had. This milestone just adds another chapter to a career that is already guaranteed to go straight into the Hall of Fame.

Here is how things look now.

Ovechkin has scored nine hundred seven goals in his career. He reached nine hundred against St. Louis and has added more since. This season he has played twenty one games and has ten goals. He continues to score at a pace that almost feels impossible at his age.

He passed Gretzky on April four, twenty twenty five by scoring two goals against the Chicago Blackhawks. Two days later he officially moved into first place with a power-play goal against the New York Islanders.

How many goals he ends with depends on how long he keeps playing. He is forty years old and closer to the end than the start. But he has still scored at least thirty one goals in every season where he has played sixty five games or more. If he plays at least sixty five games this season, he would be on pace to finish with around nine hundred twenty nine goals. After that, it comes down to whether he wants to retire or stay on the ice.

Below is where he stands among the greatest goal scorers ever. Ovechkin sits alone at the top.

  1. Alexander Ovechkin – 907

  2. Wayne Gretzky – 894

  3. Gordie Howe – 801

  4. Jaromir Jagr – 766

  5. Brett Hull – 741

  6. Marcel Dionne – 731

  7. Phil Esposito – 717

  8. Mike Gartner – 708

  9. Mark Messier – 694

  10. Steve Yzerman – 692

  11. Mario Lemieux – 690

  12. Teemu Selanne – 684

  13. Luc Robitaille – 668

  14. Brendan Shanahan – 656

  15. Dave Andreychuk – 640

  16. Sidney Crosby – 637

  17. Jarome Iginla – 625

  18. Bobby Hull – 610

  19. Dino Ciccarelli – 608

  20. Jari Kurri – 601

Ovechkin’s record keeps growing. And as long as he stays on the ice, that number is not slowing down anytime soon.

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