ARLINGTON, VA – The Washington Capitals announced today several initiatives across the Washington, D.C., region in honor of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin becoming the NHL’s All-Time goals leader.

Compare those numbers to the 2023-24 season, when 33 NHL goaltenders recorded a sub-3.00 goals-against-average. Winnipeg Jets netminder Connor Hellebuyck ended up winning the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goalie with a 2.04 goals-against-average.

Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored at the 12:34 mark of the second period against the Islanders to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the Washington Capitals’ captain and super sniper, Alexander Ovechkin, broke Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record this weekend when he beat countryman Ilya Sorokin on a power play.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is now the leading goal-scorer in NHL history. Alex Ovechkin became the greatest goal scorer in NHL history because of a never-before-seen combination of a wicked shot,

In the aftermath of passing Wayne Gretzky to break the NHL goals record, Alex Ovechkin pondered what would come next. “Finally, I'm not going to have those questions, ‘When do you think you're going to break it?

With his 895th career goal on Sunday, the Washington Capitals star has accomplished what was once unthinkable and surpassed “The Great One,” Wayne Gretzky, as the all-time leading goal scorer in NHL history.

The star from Russia was the epitome of joyfulness on goal No. 895, just like he’s been on so many of his previous 894, replicating jumping into a fountain in Washington when he and the Capitals

In honor of Alexander Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record with his 895th tally Sunday afternoon, Topps NOW has released a 10-sticker set for the Washington Capitals left winger. The checklist tracks Ovechkin’s journey from his first career goal in 2005 to the record-breaker,