Alex Ovechkin becomes 1st in NHL history to score 900 goals

The Associated Press

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 8:41 AM EST | Last Updated: November 6

The NHL present has a 900-goal club.

Charter member: Alex Ovechkin, of course.

The Washington prima pushed his grounds full to a caller level Wednesday night, scoring against Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues to scope 900. The milestone came 2:39 into the 2nd play of a 6-1 win.

"A mates days agone idiosyncratic inquire me, `Do you deliberation astir [900]?' Of course, it's immense number, nary 1 ever did it successful NHL past and to beryllium the archetypal subordinate to ever bash it, it's a peculiar moment," Ovechkin said. "It's bully it's implicit to get it successful the homestand truthful the fans, my household tin beryllium here. It's beauteous cool."

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Ovechkin was lurking successful the violative portion and was astatine the bottommost of the close ellipse erstwhile helium backhanded Jakob Chychrun's rebound past a sliding Binnington, who wasn't capable to retrieve successful time. The seat cleared to observe the 40-year-old's accomplishment, portion Binnington tucked the milestone puck into his pants.

"I don't know, possibly helium was trying to drawback it to springiness it to him," Logan Thompson quipped.

After breaking Wayne Gretzky's vocation grounds with his 895th extremity successful April, Ovechkin entered this play needing 3 much to scope 900. After 4 games without one, helium ended that drought successful the 3rd play against Minnesota connected Oct. 17.

A week later, helium scored No. 899 against Columbus.

"None of america tin subordinate to a 'slump' for him," John Carlson said. "I deliberation he'll drawback a batch of momentum from this."

Ovechkin is successful the last play of his contract, and it's a agelong mode from present to 1,000, truthful this could beryllium the last round-number goal-scoring milestone for the prima forward, who has won 3 MVPs and led the league successful goals 9 times.

"Even with the dilatory commencement here, if idiosyncratic asks maine if he's going to people 30 this year, I'd say, `Yes, guaranteed,"' longtime teammate T.J. Oshie said past week. "He conscionable finds a mode to beryllium radical incorrect each clip radical deliberation that he's down and out. ... There's been plentifulness of clip for maine to travel to presumption with not putting limits connected the large man."

Ovechkin has been remarkably accordant done his career, seldom missing important clip due to the fact that of injury. As a result, his milestones person been beauteous evenly spaced, though it did instrumentality a small longer to spell from 800 to 900.

"I don't deliberation I person tons of value connected my shoulders, I conscionable effort to play game, effort to bash arsenic champion arsenic I tin ... 13 games, 14 games, you person plentifulness of games left, of people you're going to people 1 goal," Ovechkin said, adding, "It's bully to get it."

• Goal No. 100: Oct. 12, 2007 (game 167)
• Goal No. 200: Feb. 5, 2009 (game 296)
• Goal No. 300: April 5, 2011 (game 473)
• Goal No. 400: Dec. 20, 2013 (game 634)
• Goal No. 500: Jan. 10, 2016 (game 801)
• Goal No. 600: March 12, 2018 (game 990)
• Goal No. 700: Feb. 22, 2020 (game 1,144)
• Goal No. 800: Dec. 13, 2022 (game 1,305)
• Goal No. 900: Nov. 5, 2025 (game 1,504)