Ovechkin scored his 895th goal to surpass Wayne Gretzky for the most in NHL history in a 4-1 loss at the New York Islanders on Sunday. He set the record at 7:26 of the second period on a power play, taking a pass from Tom Wilson and scoring on a wrist shot past Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin's blocker side from the top of the left face-off circle.

Alex Ovechkin made history when he scored against the New York Islanders on a power play in the second period.

A first-round pick of the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2001, Leclaire became the first of a now-NHL-record 183 goalies who Ovechkin has scored on. He wound up surrendering three more to Ovechkin in his career, which ended with a 61-76-15 record, a 2.89 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage.

Alex Ovechkin is extremely grateful after breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goal record.

Alex Ovechkin with his 895th career goal has broken Wayne Gretzky's NHL record that most thought was untouchable.

Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s longstanding record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career.

Alex Ovechkin has become the all-time leading goal scorer in NHL history, passing Wayne Gretzky with his 895th career goal for the Washington Capitals.

The Athletic has live coverage of Alex Ovechkin’s journey to break Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record. WASHINGTON — Sometime soon — Sunday maybe, perhaps Thursday — Alex Ovechkin will reach the summit.

Alex Ovechkin stands alone as the most prolific goal-scorer in NHL history. The Washington Capitals legend passed Wayne Gretzky on the all-time scoring list with his 895th career goal in the second period of Sunday's game against the New York Islanders.