Apr 6, 2025; Elmont, New York, USA; Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) poseas with teammates after scoring in the during the second period during the game against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. Ovechkin scored the 895th goal of his career, breaking the NHL all-time career goals record previously held by Wayne Gretzky at UBS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

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• History made: with a goal on Long Island yesterday, Alex Ovechkin is officially the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer. [Rink, WaPo ($), Caps video (Ovechkin, in-game ceremony, Backstrom, Oshie, Wilson, Strome, Coach Carbery), Athletic ($), NHL, ESPN, AP, FLM, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and S+S]
• Celebrate gr8ness by checking out the Rink Team’s favorite Ovechkin goals through the years. [Rink]
• Re-live yesterday’s history-making game through photos. [WaPo]
• Nicklas Backstrom and TJ Oshie were in the building for 895 yesterday, and they got emotional when speaking with media afterward about the milestone. [Athletic, NHL]
• Despite having his record broken, Wayne Gretzky was cheering with the rest of the crowd at UBS Arena. [Athletic]
• One of the many things that makes Ovechkin’s record-breaking scoring so special? He did it all in a Capitals’ sweater. [WaPo]
• Is Ovechkin’s new goals record unreachable? [Athletic]
• Ted Leonsis celebrated Ovi’s 895th goal and incredible career with look back at their history together. [Caps]
• Ovechkin has (obviously) scored a ton of goals—here are 20 of the best. [ESPN]
• Ovechkin’s milestone means so much to so many different people. [Athletic]
• Take a trip down memory lane to the day Alex Ovechkin first arrived in Washington, DC. [Vogs]
• Ilya Sorokin is forever part of NHL history after allowing Ovechkin’s 895th goal and becoming the 183rd goalie Ovi has scored against, and Ovi asked him for his goalie stick after the game. [Athletic, NHL, AP, RMNB]
• Ovechkin said the emotions of breaking the all-time goals record still haven’t set in, but he did immediately feel the pressure come off his shoulders. [THN]
• Test your knowledge on Ovi’s historic career. [Athletic]
• A total of 122 different Capitals have assisted on Ovechkin’s 895 goals—check out the full list, which features a leader that should surprise absolutely no one. [RMNB]
• Oh, there was also an actual hockey game yesterday. So uh…recaps and other assorted musings from yesterday’s loss to the New York Islanders from us, Caps video (recap), NHL, AP, FLM, Islanders, NoVa Caps, RMNB, S+S, and Lighthouse Hockey.
• Aliaksei Protas is out week-to-week after sustaining a skate cut to his foot on Friday night against Chicago. [Vogs, NHL, THN, RMNB]
• The Washington Capitals re-assigned forward Ludwig Persson to Hershey. [Caps]
• Andrew Cristall finished the first round of the WHL playoffs with nine points in the last two games. [RMNB]

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