Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL target record all the time

Alexander Ovechkin has broken the unbreakable record.

With a slapshot straight on the back of the net, Captain Washington Capitals, 39, officially became the NHL’s leader for all time on Sunday April 6 and exceeded the legendary Wayne Gretzky with his 895th career goal.

Although the game, against the New York Islanders, was on the way away from Washington, DC, Capitals Fans UBS Arena and sang “Ovi, ​​Ovi, Ovi,” Each time the left wing touched the puck. Excitement built during the second period when the capitals went on Power Play-where Ovechkin has received 325 of his now 895 career goals-and he quickly noted the historic cursor.

The Russian phenomenon screamed in the celebration before he dives to the ice and was then bullied by his teammates who Gretzky-Varn’s nickname is the “big” pat on the tribun for the new NHL leaflet all the time.

In a ceremony held shortly after the occasion, Ovechkin thanked his teammates, fans and his family, including Mrs. Nastya Ovechkina and sons ilya, 4 and sergei, 6.

“What day, huh?” he told the cheering audience. “It is a team sport, and without my boys, the whole organization, the fans, the coaches, the coaches, I would never stand there and obviously I would never pass the big one. So, Fellas, thank you so much. We did, boys, we did!”

Two nights earlier, Ovechkin, even with Gretzky in the building, scored his 894th career goal to bind the Canadian record. That goal, his second at night, also came on a power play during the third period, against Chicago Blackhawks

Gretzky, 64, scored its 894th and final goal on March 29, 1999. It was a record that seemed impossible to break, with Gretzky that was generally considered the biggest hockey player of all time – plus changes in target equipment made pillows bigger and harder to get pucks past.

However, Gretzky has no disappointment that he is now No. 2 on the target list all the time.

“I said two years ago that when Alex comes close to my record, I will be here,” he told reporters, including people, during the game on Friday. “… I said it’s not about it is about when he breaks it.”

“Right now,” continued Gretzky, “I hope Alex likes it. And he deserves all the credit and the awards he gets.”