How far is Alex Ovechkin from Wayne Gretzky's career NHL goals?

Quick stats comparison: Wayne Gretzky has 894 career NHL goals. Alex Ovechkin boasts 879 career NHL goals. This means the 39-year-old Washington Capitals left winger just needs to make 16 more goals to break The Great One's record (unflinched since 1999!) and stand tall at the top spot of the NHL's All-time Goals Leaders!

How many games are still left for the Washington Capitals left winger Alex Ovechkin to break the career NHL goals record of Wayne Gretzky?

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin started the 2024-2025 NHL season with only 42 career NHL goals away from 1999's The Great One's record. With only 27 games remaining of this 2024-2025 NHL season, the captain is only 16 career NHL goals away from breaking the unreachable career NHL goals record of 64-year-old ice hockey center Wayne Gretzky, popularly called The Great One.

When is Alex Ovechkin going to play his next ice hockey game?

The 2024-2025 NHL regular season, which started on 4th October 2024, will end on 17th April 2025. The Washington Capitals will play against the Edmonton Oilers today, 23rd February, at 3 PM ET.

Alex Ovechkin's career NHL goals per season

Alex Ovechkin's broken leg injury

On 18th November 2024, Alex Ovechkin, an ice hockey left winger, suffered from a fractured fibula because of a leg-on-leg hit by Utah Hockey Club defenseman Jack McBain. He could not return to play because of the broken leg. Alex Ovechkin missed 16 games because of that. Back then, Alex Ovechkin was only 26 career NHL goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career NHL goals!


Ovechkin shared back then about his Washington Capitals team, "The boys did a great job without me. They're playing well right now, so what kind of game I'm going to represent right now because practice is one thing, and in the games, it's a different speed, it's a different intensity. You just have to be smart and play the right way." Alexander Ovechkin returned after 5 to 6 weeks of rest.


Will Washington Capitals left winger Alex Ovechkin be smart, play the right way, and ultimately defeat The Great One's career NHL goals record of 894? Only time will tell. But Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is not that far! All fingers crossed, please.


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