Alex Ovechkin scores career goal No 892 as he nears Wayne Gretzky's all-time mark

Washington Capitals prima Alex Ovechkin moved to wrong 3 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time scoring people arsenic helium netted his 892nd extremity against the Carolina Hurricanes connected Wednesday night.

It was the Capitals’ lone extremity successful their 5-1 nonaccomplishment to the Hurricanes. He astir scored 2 successful the crippled but was stopped astatine point-blank scope by goalie Frederik Andersen successful the 2nd period. He ended up beating Andersen connected a 5-on-3 powerfulness play aboriginal successful the second.

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, #8, celebrates a extremity against the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2nd play of an NHL hockey crippled successful Raleigh, North Carolina, connected Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

"We person a beauteous bully accidental successful the second, archetypal displacement a breakaway," Ovechkin said. "And successful this game, if you person a chance, you person to usage it and I deliberation each goalies play good tonight."

Ovechkin acknowledged the playoff ambiance successful Raleigh, North Carolina. In the 3rd period, 8 players were fixed crippled misconducts aft aggregate fights broke out.

"We recognize there's a anticipation to spot them successful the playoffs," Ovechkin said. "It was a playoff ambiance retired there."

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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, #8, watches the puck during the archetypal play of an NHL hockey crippled against the Carolina Hurricanes successful Raleigh, North Carolina, connected Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

Washington and Carolina are the 2 apical teams successful the Metropolitan Division successful the Eastern Conference. The Capitals person 105 points and the Hurricanes person 96.

"The GR8 Chase" is inactive on, astatine slightest for 7 much games. Ovechkin could adjacent retired the grounds by the extremity of the play with a crippled against the Chicago Blackhawks connected Friday nighttime and past a roadworthy crippled against the New York Islanders connected Sunday.

Gretzky’s grounds of 894 vocation goals was erstwhile thought to beryllium unbeatable but Ovechkin is acceptable to defy the odds.

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, #8, flips a puck to a instrumentality during warmups anterior to the Capitals crippled against the Carolina Hurricanes astatine an NHL hockey crippled successful Raleigh, North Carolina, connected Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)

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"(The record) feels similar it's close there," Capitals defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk said. "He feels similar he's inactive scoring each night. It’s been immense for america and awesome for him to spot that he’s inactive doing it astatine this torrid pace."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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