Alex Ovechkin targets tracker: ‘The Nice Eight’ is 7 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time document of 894

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

The 39-year-old Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL targets document of 894. “The Nice One” scored his remaining objective on March 29, 1999. “The Nice Eight” may very nicely 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.

On Thursday, Ovechkin received one objective nearer with the 888th of his profession, a superb quantity for “The Nice Eight,” towards the Philadelphia Flyers. He’s now seven targets away from passing Gretzky with 13 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, at any time when,” Gretzky informed NHL.com earlier this season about Ovechkin’s probabilities of breaking his document. “I imply, he is an ideal participant. He is an ideal objective scorer.”

As he approaches Gretzky’s document, 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 objective complete for every objective he scores for the remainder of his profession. Monumental Sports activities & Leisure, which owns the Capitals, will match each donation.

Ovechkin will proceed his chase for Gretzky’s mark on Saturday towards the Florida Panthers.

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

NHL top-10 in profession targets

1. Wayne Gretzky (894)
2. Alex Ovechkin (888)
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)

Remaining 2024-25 regular-season video games

Sat, Mar 22: vs. Florida, 5 p.m. ET
Tue, Mar 25: at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. ET
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

Ovechkin milestone objective timeline

No. 1: Oct. 2, 2005 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (Pascal Leclaire)

No. 50: April 13, 2006 vs. Atlanta Thrashers (Mike Dunham)

No. 100: Oct. 12, 2007 vs. New York Rangers (Henrik Lundqvist)

No. 200: Feb. 5, 2009 (Jonathan Fast)

No. 300: April 5, 2011 (James Reimer)

No. 400: Dec. 20, 2013 (empty internet)

No. 500: Jan. 10, 2016 (Andrew Hammond)

No. 600: March 12, 2018 (Connor Hellebuyck)

No. 700: Feb. 22, 2020 (Mackenzie Blackwood)

No. 800: Dec. 13, 2022 (Petr Mrazek)

Hat tips by season (32 profession)

2005-06: 1
2006-07: 1
2007-08: 3
2008-09: 3
2009-10: 1
2010-11: 1
2011-12: 0
2012-13: 2
2013-14: 1
2014-15: 0
2015-16: 2
2016-17: 2
2017-18: 3
2018-19: 3
2019-20: 4
2020-21: 0
2021-22: 1
2022-23: 2
2023-24: 0
2024-25: 2