Wilson has spent nearly a dozen years as teammates with Ovechkin on the Washington Capitals. They've played 780 regular-season games together. They won a Stanley Cup championship together in 2018.

Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson is best known for stirring up controversy with his physical style of play, but he claimed a huge piece of hockey history Sunday, recording the primary assist on Alex Ovechkin's record-breaking 895th goal.

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th career National Hockey League goal on Sunday to break the hallowed all-time record of Wayne Gretzky that was once considered unbeatable.