Alex Ovechkin Ties Gretzky’s Scoring Record

[kwanfan1818]

With Wayne Gretzky in the arena, Washington Capitals (NHL) Captain Alex Ovechkin scored two goals to tie Gretzky’s goal-scoring record of 894, and he declined his coaches’s offer to be on a power play, where he could have surpassed the record with an empty-netter

He also broke the great Jaromir Jagr’s record of 135 game-winning goals.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/44537592/capitals-alex-ovechkin-ties-wayne-gretzky-894th-goal

The record-tying goal had the entire Capitals team spilling onto the ice, followed by an extended celebration where Ovechkin took several laps, fist-bumped his son Sergei who was sitting on the glass, bowed to the suite where Gretzky was sitting and blew kisses to the crowd.

 

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Spectacular!!

 

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895!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kwanfan1818]

As a follow-up, Ovechkin broke Gretzsky's record in a game against the NY Islanders on April 6, with Gretzky in the audience, and it was a beauty of a shot:

https://www.nhl.com/news/alex-ovechkin-wayne-gretzky-nhl-goals-record-chase

And he continued his Reign of Terror by scoring his first playoff overtime goal on April 21 against the Montreal Canadiens.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nhl/news/alex-ovechkin-makes-more-history-with-his-first-nhl-playoff-overtime-goal