Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is the NHL’s first player to ever score 900 career goal. On Wednesday, Ovechkin scored No. 900 against St. Louis Blues. Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues appeared to attempt to hide the puck under his game pants after Ovechkin’s historic goal. Ovechkin did not comment on the incident. Jim Montgomery, Blues coach, said to reporters that he believed the puck had a big part in their success. We didn’t manage the situation well enough.”Ovechkin, who broke Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record in April last year, told Ovechkin, “get to the 900” as he celebrated his record-breaking goal.”Ovechkin now has passed that milestone thirteen games into the Capitals season 2025-2026. The Washington Captain had already scored goal no. The 2024-25 season saw 897 goals. He scored no. Ovechkin was selected by the Capitals as the top pick in the 2004 NHL draft. He entered the NHL in the year 2005 and scored more than 45 goals each season for his first five years. Ovechkin led the NHL for goalscoring seven times between 2012 and 2020, after scoring 65 goals during his career. Ovechkin led the Capitals in scoring in the 2018 playoffs with 15 goals over 24 games. He was also the leading scorer in the NHL for the entire 2023-24 season with 31 goals. Ovechkin then returned in 2024-25 to be one of NHL’s top scorers.
2025-11-06 01:36:03
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