Simply how shut is Alex Ovechkin to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL occupation targets file?

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is last in at the NHL targets file of 894 held via Wayne Gretzky.

Ovechkin has 884 targets and wishes 10 to tie and 11 to wreck the file.

Ovechkin entered the season 42 wanting breaking the regular-season file via “The Nice One” that had lengthy appeared unapproachable.

The 39-year-old Russian is in his twentieth NHL season and was once on tempo to get to 895 in February sooner than breaking his left leg in a shin-on-shin collision in November. He ignored 16 video games however resumed his pursuit at Toronto within the Capitals’ first recreation out of the Christmas smash.

Alex Ovechkin’s final target scored

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Ovechkin scored within the 3rd duration of a 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay on March 1, his thirty first target of the season.

What information does Ovechkin have already got?

Ovechkin already owns the NHL information for power-play targets and pictures on target.

He additionally has 135 game-winning targets, tied for probably the most with Jaromir Jagr. Ovechkin has scored on 181 other goaltenders, breaking Jagr’s file via beating Leevi Merilainen of the Senators with No. 874. Ovechkin has 178 multi-goal video games, 2d to Gretzky (189).

Ovechkin previous this season changed into the sixtieth participant to file 700 occupation assists. He joined Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jagr, Marcel Dionne and Phil Esposito as the one gamers with 700 targets and 700 assists.

Who’re the NHL’s main scorers?

Ovechkin, after mountain climbing previous Mike Gartner (708), Esposito (717), Dionne (731), Brett Hull (741) and Jagr (766), scored target No. 802 on Dec. 23, 2022, to transport into 2d in the back of Gretzky (894).

Who prior to now held the occupation targets file?

Gretzky has held the file since scoring his 802nd target on March 23, 1994, to go Howe. He added 92 extra sooner than retiring in 1999 after a complete of one,487 video games over 20 seasons.

Gretzky holds 55 NHL information and even supposing his targets mark falls to Ovechkin — which he has stated he’s fascinated with — two appear in point of fact untouchable: 2,857 overall issues and 1,963 assists, which is greater than any individual else has in targets and assists mixed.

For NHL playoff targets, which don’t rely towards the file, Gretzky has probably the most (122). Ovechkin has 72. Gretzky additionally had every other 56 within the Global Hockey Affiliation steady season and playoffs, whilst Ovechkin has 57 from his time within the Russia-based KHL.

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