Record-breaking Ovechkin ‘truly bigger than the game of hockey’
The play will be forever immortalized in hockey lore. Scoring goal No. 895 with a signature laser-beam shot from just above the left faceoff dot Sunday made the moment so perfectly “Ovi.”
NEW YORK — Everybody knew the goal was coming.
When Alex Ovechkin launched his week-long scoring spree last Sunday, then scored another — and another — for an electric two-goal performance to tie The Great One himself on Friday, the hockey world was held captive.
When the Washington Capitals star strode into UBS Arena on Sunday morning, loosening and unlooping his tie en route to the locker room as though he couldn’t hit the ice fast enough; when he emerged to cheers and chants during warmups, a sea of red amid New York Islanders orange and blue all here to witness history, the anticipation was palpable.
When he swung those famous yellow-laced skates over the boards for a second-period power play, strode across the blue line and into his office as a perfect cross-ice pass landed on his tape, every ounce of air in the arena was caught in a collective rink-wide gasp.
And when the Great No. 8 scored his 895th career NHL goal, the one he’s hunted down over the course of his 20 years in the league, history was made.
That goal against the Islanders, and that diving celebration, his teammates all launching themselves from the bench to smother him in hugs and helmet pats and whoops of glee and celebratory roars, will be forever immortalized in hockey lore.
That he scored goal No. 895 with a signature laser-beam shot from just above the left faceoff dot made the moment so perfectly “Ovi.”
So was the celebration, a belly-flop slide towards centre ice, reminiscent of his D.C. fountain splash with teammates after winning the Stanley Cup in 2018. And that’s what this chase was all about, really — that wave of joy that rippled around the rink and far beyond it, across the entire landscape of a game forever changed by No. 8.
It was, in the words of the man himself post-game, “an unbelievable moment.”
“I’m probably going to need a couple more days, maybe a couple weeks, to realize, what does it mean to be No. 1,” Ovechkin said post-game.
It was, of course, a lot to take in. The NHL stopped play for nearly 25 minutes, rolling out the red carpet — or, rather, a carpet of Islanders blue — to mark the occasion with Ovechkin’s family, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, and of course Wayne Gretzky, at centre ice. It felt like Mr. Hockey was there, too. Gretzky, who took over the helm from the legendary Gordie Howe in 1994 with Goal No. 802, wore a red pin on his lapel with Howe’s No. 9 to honour him at centre ice as he passed the crown to Ovechkin, scorer of 895 goals.
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Ovechkin’s record-breaking, history-making moment was about as memorable a scene as the game can produce. Only, Tom Wilson’s recollection of the whole series of events is admittedly a little spotty.
“Once the chaos kind of ensued, I don’t really remember exactly what happened,” says Wilson, who had the primary assist, with Dylan Strome getting the secondary power-play helper.
“I just tried to get it to his stick and I was skating towards the net and when that puck went in, it was a crazy feeling. That was pretty special. Hasn’t really sunk in,” he says. “The 10 seconds after the puck went into the net, I don’t remember what I did, I don’t remember what I said.”
Like many others, he’ll have the highlight on loop.
“I’ll watch that back a few times, I think, for the rest of my life,” he says with a smile.
Over the past week, Wilson’s been more than happy to heap praise on his longtime teammate as media has zeroed in on Washington.
“He’s truly a machine. He’s truly bigger than the game of hockey,” he says. “It’s just remarkable, what he’s been able to keep doing, over and over.”
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After a marathon of consistent scoring spread across 20 remarkable seasons, Ovechkin’s sprint into the history books has been simply sensational. And even though Sunday afternoon’s milestone has ultimately, technically, been in the works two decades, goal No. 895 still seemed to arrive fast enough to give those tracking his trail a little whiplash.
When asked about the fast-approaching milestone prior to Friday’s two-goal game against the Chicago Blackhawks, Wilson had a pretty relatable response.
“Honestly, it kind of snuck up,” he said at the time, when asked about any planned post-game celebrations as Ovi approached the big 8-9-5. “We weren’t expecting him to do it this fast.”
(Same, Wilson. Same.)
“I think even at the beginning of the season, it would be like, ‘Is it gonna happen?’” explained Strome last week. “And then he had such a good start and it was for sure gonna happen. Then he got hurt, and it wasn’t gonna happen.” Ovechkin missed 16 games after fracturing his fibula in December but didn’t miss a beat upon his return in December.
One month ago, Ovechkin brought the goal count separating himself from Gretzky to 10.
Just one week ago, the Capitals captain was on pace to pass Gretzky’s long-standing record just ahead of the final game of the 2024-25 campaign, but claiming the crown by season’s end was still no sure thing.
Until suddenly, it was.
“You know, he was so close [Friday night] at the end of the game, that I think when that happened, we just kind of knew that it was gonna happen,” Wilson says post-game on Sunday. “Because we got so close last game, there was just a feeling that I woke up with, and I’m like, ‘You know what? We’re gonna do it today. He’s gonna do it today.’”
That “we” he speaks of is telling. Ovechkin stands alone atop the NHL’s goal-scoring list in status only — he shares his achievements, and his joy, with his teammates and they’re thrilled to return to gesture.
“It doesn’t matter if he scores a goal or if someone else scores a goal — he’s just as happy. That’s a credit to him and his character,” says Strome, who had a secondary assist on Ovechkin’s goal Sunday. “You can see why other people are so happy for him, because of the way he treats other people. I think that’s why you kind of see everyone pulling together and so happy about it.”
That includes a handful of Capitals not on the ice with him on Sunday, like T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, and Devante Smith-Pelly, who were at Friday’s game in Washington and travelled to Long Island to see their captain claim his crown.
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It’s fitting that Ovechkin’s biggest milestone goals should involve some of his longest-tenured teammates — John Carlson set up goal No. 894 Friday night, and Wilson had the helper on No. 895 Sunday. That Backstrom, who assisted on more of Ovechkin’s goals than anyone, was in the house for both meant the world to Ovechkin.
“As soon as I saw Nick, you know, I just want to cry,” says Ovechkin after the game. “He was such a big part of my success. We grow up together, we play together, we’ve been in so many different situations together, and that relationship, in that moment, and him and Osh being here, it’s tremendous.”
Oshie never misses his kids’ games, but it was a no-brainer for him to make an exception for his pal.
“There’s nothing that could’ve held me and Nick back from making our way up here,” said Oshie, who joined in the locker-room melee post-game.
Asked if another fountain dive, a la 2018, could be in the works, Oshie’s not ruling that out.
“I’ll go in,” he said with a smile. “If O wants to go in, I’ll go in, 100 per cent.”
Adding to the jubilation around Ovechkin is the team’s success overall this season. Ovechkin’s hunt for history was supposed to be a silver lining in a year projected to be a relatively lacklustre campaign for the Capitals. Certainly, no one expected Washington to open April sitting comfortably atop the East with a nine-point cushion, just three points shy of claiming the Presidents’ Trophy with a playoff berth long ago locked up.
Instead, this chase has been a shining example of what the game’s greats can do.
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Just as the team has been exhilarated by Ovechkin’s Gr8 Chase, so too have fans — no matter their allegiance. The leading man always draws a crowd — all the league’s a stage when you’re the greatest goal-scorer in the game — but this has been different.
Last Tuesday against the Boston Bruins, Ovechkin’s 891st goal was met by enthusiastic cheers from fans donning the Spoked B. Even the rowdy fans in Raleigh, N.C., a rink that prides itself in creating a decidedly unwelcoming atmosphere to anyone who isn’t a Hurricane, had nothing but love for Ovechkin — the place practically erupted when he scored goal No. 892. Chants of “Ovi! Ovi! Ovi!” rained down loud enough to trick oneself, just for a moment, into thinking you’re in D.C.
There was a heavy presence of red at UBS Arena on Sunday, too, fans flocking to the rink early clad in Ovi sweaters and carrying enough signs to line the glass at the Capitals’ end of the rink and behind the visitors’ bench pregame. (And, OK, Long Islanders aren’t always the most welcoming when it comes to non-Islanders; a sign in orange and blue breaks up the sea of Ovi signs with a simple message: “NOT TODAY.”)
Lately, holding a ticket to a game against the Capitals down the stretch has been like holding a lottery ticket: Could this be the one that wins it all?
In the end, it was lucky Long Islanders that got to see the historic goal, though “lucky” likely isn’t the word New York goalie Ilya Sorokin would use to describe his role in history. Entering Sunday’s game, Ovechkin had yet to score on his fellow Russian. What a time to change that (though, he still surely went home happy, thanks to New York’s 4-1 win). Ovechkin’s kids are fans of Sorokin, and Ovechkin was quick to request a souvenir from the netminder.
“I tell him right away, I need that stick,” Ovechkin tells reporters. Asked whether he’d gifted anything to the Islanders goalie in return, Ovechkin just smiled: “He don’t ask me.”
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Everybody knew goal No. 895 was coming. Nobody knows what’s next. At 39, and with one year left on his contract, no one knows how many more he’ll score. The old record is broken, but the new one is still being forged — and will continue to be carved until Ovechkin decides his masterpiece of a career is complete.
“When he puts his mind to something, for the last 10 years, watching him, it’s just been unbelievable,” says Wilson. “I mean, it was 500, and everyone’s like, ‘Ah, he won’t get 600.’ And then it was 600, ‘Ah, he won’t get 700.’ And then it was 700, and 800, and now it’s like, OK, maybe 900. It’s crazy.”
Strome simply shook his head and uttered a smiley series of “I don’t knows” when asked how high Ovechkin’s goal count might go.
“You’d have to ask him that. I think obviously 900’s right there, I’m pretty confident to say something in the 900s, I would think,” said Strome.
As Gretzky, the man now with the second-most NHL goals of all time, said at centre ice as he passed the proverbial crown to the Great No. 8, records are meant to be broken.
“But I’m not sure who’s gonna get more goals than that.”
