Tracking Alex Ovechkin Chasing Greatness to 895
A record that once looked like it would stand forever is close to falling as Alex Ovechkin is continuing his great season of goal-scoring as the Washington Capitals come close to clinching the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
After a scintillating run, the Great Eight's chase of Wayne Gretzky's hallowed record of 894 goals — the top of the mountain among all-time career goal scorers — may still be within reach in the season's final dozen games.
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Here the seven goals Ovi scored for the Capitals in the month of March:
Career Goal No. 884
Ovi's tally in the third (Mat Roy assist) was Washington's only goal in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Career Goal No. 885
With the Caps down a goal in the third, Ovechkin found the back of the net on the power play (Andrew Mangiapane, Ethen Frank) before Tom Wilson grabbed the winner in overtime of a 3-2 win at the New York Rangers.
Career Goal No. 886
Ovechkin put the icing on the cake of a 4-2 win over the Seattle Kraken with an empty net goal (Wilson, Nic Dowd).
Career Goal No. 887
Midway through the third period, Ovi scored the Capitals' 5th goal in a 5-1 win at the San Jose Sharks (Martin Fehervary, Pierre-Luc Dubois) for the Caps' 23rd away win on the season.
Career Goal No. 888
The Great 8 opened the scoring in the first period (Aliaksei Protas, Trevor van Riemsdyk), and Washington went on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2.
Career Goal No. 889
Ovechkin's goal four minutes from time leveled the score (Protas, Van Riemsdyk) and helped Washington leave Winnipeg with a point, but the Jets got the winner in overtime.
Career Goal No. 890
Ovi grabbed a pair of assists and a goal in a funky 8-5 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, but his tally (Rasmus Sandin, van Riemsdyk) in the third gave him 37 on the season and moved him one closer to history in the Caps' final game of March.
