The official NHL website has launched a countdown of Ovechkin’s goals to Gretzky’s record

At the moment, the counter shows the number 23. That is how many goals the Russian forward has left to score in order to become the best sniper in NHL history.

Ovechkin now has 872 goals. The record of the legendary Canadian is 894 goals. Andrey Poluhin, (10.01.2025 20:46)

Ovechkin now has 872 goals. The record of the legendary Canadian is 894 goals. The ex-player of Edmonton, Los Angeles, St. Louis and New York Rangers himself promised to be on the podium when the Russian broke his record.

Already on the night of January 11, “Washington” with Ovechkin will meet with “Montreal” in a regular season match.