Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin set the NHL record for career goals when he scored No. 895 Sunday afternoon against the New York Islanders to pass Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky.

Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career.

Shortly after Wayne Gretzky became the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer in 1994, his father mentioned how someone, someday, would break his record. "I looked at my dad,” Gretzky recently ...

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goal record on Sunday, April 6, with his 895th career ...

You see, Ovechkin scored goal No. 895 in his 1,487th career NHL game, the exact same amount of games it took for Gretzky to score his final NHL goal — No. 894 — back in 1999. Not only that ...

Wayne Gretzky is all aboard the Gr8 Chase train, as he began following Alex Ovechkin on Friday night amid his quest to become ...

Long before Alex Ovechkin surpassed Wayne Gretzky for the NHL goal-scoring record with No. 895 on Sunday, Gretzky moved into ...

The Great One has company. Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky for the most goals scored in NHL history, netting his 894th career goal in the third period of the Washington Capitals' home game ...

Wayne Gretzky honored two of the greatest goal scorers in NHL history Sunday afternoon. Yes, Gretzky was on hand as Alex ...

The Washington Capitals star came into Friday's game two goals shy of tying the NHL's career record, set decades ago by the ...

Alex Ovechkin made history when he scored against the New York Islanders on a power play in the second period.

Ovechkin scored his 895th career NHL goal, breaking the league record held by Wayne Gretzky since 1999. It's a record many didn't believe would fall in the modern game of hockey, but Ovechkin's pu ...