{"id":11049,"date":"2025-01-05T22:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T21:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=11049"},"modified":"2025-01-05T22:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T21:17:52","slug":"alex-ovechkin-closing-in-on-wayne-gretzkys-nhl-goals-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/alex-ovechkin-closing-in-on-wayne-gretzkys-nhl-goals-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin Closing in on Wayne Gretzky\u2019s NHL Goals Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br>Coaching&nbsp;Alex&nbsp;Ovechkin&nbsp;for&nbsp;three&nbsp;seasons&nbsp;has&nbsp;made&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;Laviolette&nbsp;accustomed&nbsp;to&nbsp;his&nbsp;intense&nbsp;chase&nbsp;of&nbsp;Wayne&nbsp;Gretzky&rsquo;s&nbsp;NHL&nbsp;career&nbsp;goals&nbsp;record,&nbsp;and&nbsp;he&nbsp;isn&rsquo;t&nbsp;slowing&nbsp;down.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;Not a crazy thing at all, I don&rsquo;t see him slowing down.&rdquo;<\/em> : <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/ovechkin-nears-gretzkys-nhl-goals-record-feels-stronger-each-game\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Laviolette said before his New York Rangers faced Ovechkin and the&nbsp;Washington Capitals&nbsp;on Saturday.<\/a><\/em><\/p><div id=\"fsk_splitbox_6177827\" data-google-query-id=\"CKH67Ju134oDFY4AgwMd1CMifw\" style=\"height: 2px;width: auto\"><div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7326\/en.sportsnet.web\/hockey\/nhl\/article_3__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none\"><\/div><\/div><br><p>Ovechkin&nbsp;netted&nbsp;the&nbsp;fifth&nbsp;goal&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;7-4&nbsp;victory&nbsp;to&nbsp;reach&nbsp;No.&nbsp;872&nbsp;and&nbsp;close&nbsp;the&nbsp;gap&nbsp;to&nbsp;23&nbsp;from&nbsp;surpassing&nbsp;Gretzky&rsquo;s&nbsp;seemingly&nbsp;unreachable&nbsp;record of&nbsp;894.&nbsp;He has&nbsp;scored&nbsp;four&nbsp;times&nbsp;in five&nbsp;matches&nbsp;since&nbsp;returning&nbsp;after&nbsp;missing the&nbsp;last&nbsp;16&nbsp;due&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;broken&nbsp;leg.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alex Ovechkin has 19 goals this season and is on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky&rsquo;s mark of 894 this spring.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/smuZNQ2g8Z\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>https:\/\/t.co\/smuZNQ2g8Z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Upr8CUneQw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/Upr8CUneQw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Washington Times Sports (@WashTimesSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashTimesSports\/status\/1876009492250337680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s incredible, Ever since I was a kid, I grew up watching him do all these amazing things, and now to have a front-row seat to him doing something really special has been awesome. He&rsquo;s been helping our team win night in and night out, so I can&rsquo;t say enough good things about him.&rdquo;<\/em> : teammate Connor McMichael said. <\/p><p>Ovechkin&nbsp;is&nbsp;just&nbsp;one&nbsp;goal&nbsp;shy&nbsp;of&nbsp;accomplishing&nbsp;20&nbsp;goals&nbsp;in&nbsp;each&nbsp;of his&nbsp;20&nbsp;seasons&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;league.&nbsp;The&nbsp;fractured&nbsp;left fibula&nbsp;stalled&nbsp;the Gretzky&nbsp;pursuit,&nbsp;yet&nbsp;the&nbsp;39-year-old&nbsp;has&nbsp;made&nbsp;a&nbsp;fierce&nbsp;comeback.&nbsp;<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;To be honest with you, I feel every game better &mdash; touches, skating wise, I&rsquo;ll take it.&rdquo;<\/em> : Ovechkin said. <\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/vancouver-canucks-considering-trade-proposals-for-elias-pettersson-and-j-t-miller\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Vancouver Canucks Considering Trade Proposals for Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller<\/a><\/p><p>Center&nbsp;Dylan&nbsp;Strome,&nbsp;who&nbsp;has&nbsp;contributed&nbsp;to&nbsp;14&nbsp;of&nbsp;Ovechkin&rsquo;s&nbsp;19&nbsp;goals,&nbsp;remarked,&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;It just feels like he gets on these runs.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p>Due&nbsp;to&nbsp;these&nbsp;performances,&nbsp;Ovechkin&nbsp;is&nbsp;still&nbsp;on&nbsp;track&nbsp;to&nbsp;surpass&nbsp;Gretzky&nbsp;this&nbsp;spring.&nbsp;Laviolette,&nbsp;the&nbsp;coach&nbsp;of&nbsp;Washington from&nbsp;2021&nbsp;to&nbsp;2023,&nbsp;lauded&nbsp;Ovechkin&rsquo;s&nbsp;shot&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;finest&nbsp;globally&nbsp;but&nbsp;highlighted&nbsp;his&nbsp;work&nbsp;ethic&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;anything&nbsp;else&nbsp;to&nbsp;clarify&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;scoring&nbsp;has&nbsp;persisted.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a guy that just doesn&rsquo;t stop, He wants to get better. He&rsquo;s going to play hurt. He&rsquo;s going to play injured. He&rsquo;s going to get out there (and) he&rsquo;s going to try and make a difference for his team.&rdquo;<\/em> :  Laviolette said.<\/p><p>Image Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Ovechkin inches closer to Wayne Gretzky\u2019s all-time goals record, expressing confidence and strength with every game played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[572,52,2391],"class_list":["post-11049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-alex-ovechkin","tag-nhl","tag-wayne-gretzky"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alex Ovechkin Closing in on Wayne Gretzky&rsquo;s NHL Goals Record - 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