Ovechkin set the NHL regular-season record for the most goals in a career with his 895th tally in Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Islanders.

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Ovechkin now stands alone at the summit of all goal scorers in NHL history. The record-breaking moment came at 7:26 of the second period, when he corralled a pass from Tom Wilson on the power play and fired home a goal from Ovechkin's office at the left face-off circle to break the tie with Wayne Gretzky atop the goals leaderboard. The game then paused to acknowledge the record, which belongs to Ovechkin after being in Gretzky's possession for over 31 years. Remarkably, Ovechkin's record-breaking goal came in his 1,487th career regular-season game, which exactly matches the number of games Gretzky played in his career. Ovechkin has compiled a stellar total of 42 goals, 69 points (20 on the power play) and 225 shots on net through 61 appearances in his history-making 2024-25 campaign.