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Lower than two full days after he tied the all-time mark in Targets Scored with a pair of targets at Capital One Area, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th profession objective to take sole possession of the NHL report in the course of the second interval of the Caps’ Sunday matinee towards the New York Islanders at UBS Area.
The objective, which got here at roughly 1:47 PM EST on the Capitals’ first energy play alternative of the competition, marked Ovechkin’s forty second objective of the 2024-25 season and was assisted by Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome.
OH, CAPTAIN OUR CAPTAIN! 👏 👏 👏
Alexander Ovechkin turns into the @NHL‘s all-time main scorer with objective quantity EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE. Unbelievable.#Gr8Chase by @Venture_Global | @Capitals pic.twitter.com/xgh4dKHn6l
— Monumental Sports activities Community (@MonSportsNet) April 6, 2025
The objective got here at 07:26 of the second and in addition made Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin the 183rd completely different netminder on which Ovechkin has scored in his profession, additionally an NHL greatest.
The sport was paused for an in-game ceremony, through which NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Gretzky, and Ovechkin, spoke to the group assembled at UBS Area. The Islanders lined as much as shake the hand of and congratulate Ovechkin, who thanked the Capitals group, his teammates previous and current, and his household, together with his spouse Nastya, sons Sergei and Ilya, mom Tatyana, and his late father Mikhail.
Video tributes have been proven, that includes NHL opponents, former and present teammates, members of the group, members of the family, and different greats from different North American sports activities leagues, together with Derek Jeter, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan.
By Michael Fleetwood
