Alex Ovechkin targets tracker: ‘The Nice Eight’ is 6 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time report of 894

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Washington Capitals famous person Alex Ovechkin is on the doorstep of an NHL scoring report that many thought was unbreakable.

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL targets report of 894. “The Nice One” scored his closing purpose on March 29, 1999. “The Nice Eight” may very effectively surpass that mark 26 years later.

Ovechkin entered the 2024-25 NHL season with 853 profession NHL targets. He began the season off red-hot with 15 targets in 18 video games. However after struggling a damaged fibula in November, he missed 5 weeks. That point off did not have an effect on his goal-scoring prowess: He recorded 4 targets in his first 5 video games again from harm.

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On Tuesday, Ovechkin bought one purpose nearer with the 889th of his profession, lighting the lamp to tie the sport late within the third interval towards the Winnipeg Jets. He’s now six targets away from passing Gretzky with 11 video games remaining within the common season.

“It is only a matter of time, whether or not it is late this yr, early subsequent yr, every time,” Gretzky advised NHL.com earlier this season about Ovechkin’s probabilities of breaking his report. “I imply, he is an amazing participant. He is an amazing purpose scorer.”

As he approaches Gretzky’s report, Ovechkin has partnered with Hockey Fights Most cancers and the V Basis for Most cancers Analysis to launch “THE GR8 CHASE for Victory Over Most cancers.” The marketing campaign will see Ovechkin donate a greenback quantity equal to his profession NHL purpose whole for every purpose he scores for the remainder of his profession. Monumental Sports activities & Leisure, which owns the Capitals, will match each donation.

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Ovechkin will proceed his chase for Gretzky’s mark on Thursday towards the Minnesota Wild.

We’ll monitor Ovechkin’s race to 894 targets and past all season.

NHL top-10 in profession targets

1. Wayne Gretzky (894)
2. Alex Ovechkin (889)
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)

12/27/05 - Ovechkin - (Photo by Joel Richardson/The Washington Post via Getty Images) — Ovechkin in 2005. (Joel Richardson/The Washington Put up through Getty Photographs)

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Remaining 2024-25 regular-season video games

Thu, Mar 27: at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Solar, Mar 30: vs. Buffalo, 3 p.m. ET
Tue, Apr 1: at Boston, 7 p.m. ET
Wed, Apr 2: at Carolina, 7 p.m. ET
Fri, Apr 4: vs. Chicago, 7 p.m. ET
Solar, Apr 6: at Islanders, 12:30 p.m. ET
Thu, Apr 10: vs. Carolina, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sat, Apr 12: at Columbus, 7 p.m. ET
Solar, Apr 13: vs. Columbus, 6 p.m. ET
Tue, Apr 15: at Islanders, 8 p.m. ET
Thu, Apr 17: at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. ET