MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th December, 2022) Russian ice hockey player and captain of the Washington Capitals team Alexander Ovechkin has scored his 802nd career goal, surpassing Gordie Howe on the National Hockey League's (NHL's) all-time goals leaderboard and taking sole possession of the second place.
Earlier on Friday, Ovechkin, 37, scored his 801st goal against the Winnipeg Jets, tying Howe, who netted his 801 goals in 1,767 games.
Later in the game, Ovechkin scored his 802nd career goal, surpassing Howe and coming even closer to Wayne Gretzky's career goal record (894 goals over 1,487 games). Ovechkin accomplished his current tally in 1,310 games.
In November, Ovechkin broke the record for the most goals scored with one franchise in NHL history.
Ovechkin reached the milestone in his 1,287th game with the Capitals, when he scored his 787th goal in the game against the Arizona Coyotes, thus surpassing Gordie Howe for most goals with a single team (Howe scored 786 goals in 1,687 games over 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings from 1946-1971).
