The Washington Capitals had a surprising 2024-25 campaign, finishing as the top team in the Eastern Conference. The highlight of the season may have been Alex Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record . After scoring his 895th career goal, Ovi was the all-time leading goal scorer in the regular season. Now, the Great 8 is in striking distance of another record currently owned by the Great One, the most goals in the regular season and playoffs combined.

Heading into this season, Ovechkin has scored 897 regular-season goals and has found the back of the net 77 times in the playoffs. That has him at a combined 974 goals. The total is the second most of all time. Meanwhile, Wayne Gretzky has 1,016 goals between the regular season and playoffs. While Ovechkin is not going t

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