Ovechkin and Gretzky are nearly identical when it comes to games played. Gretzky played 1,487 regular season games in the NHL, while Ovechkin will finish the regular season with 1,492 games played if he appears in all of the Capitals' remaining contests.

The Washington Capitals clinched the Metropolitan Division on Tuesday. Washington (49-19-9), which was idle, won the division following the Carolina Hurricanes’ 3-0 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. It's the Capitals’ first division title since they won the Metropolitan for the last of five consecutive seasons in 2019-20.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the Washington Capitals’ captain and super sniper, Alexander Ovechkin, broke Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record this weekend when he beat countryman Ilya Sorokin on a power play.

After Alex Ovechkin completed his chase of Wayne Gretzky and the NHL goal record by scoring his 895th against the New York Islanders on Sunday, their statistical lines as goal-scorers are almost identical.

The Islanders are giving their season-ticket holders complimentary physical ticket stubs from Alex Ovechkin’s historic game on Sunday when he scored his 895th career goal and surpassed Wayne Gretzky as the all-time NHL goal-scorer.

Mike Knuble loves the stat that Gretzky has more assists than any other hockey player has points. “If he didn’t score a goal, he’d still be leading everybody in points,” Knuble said. “That’s crazy.” Now,

ESPN will really shoehorn tiresome NBA GOAT conversation into anything, even on the heels of Alex Ovechkin's record-breaking goal.