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

Alex Ovechkin finally did it. On Sunday afternoon on Long Island, the Washington Capitals star broke Wayne Gretzky’s record to become the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895.

Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 goals was once considered unbreakable. Then Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin broke it Sunday. "They say records are meant to be broken, but I'm not sure who's going to get more goals than that,

Gretzky, back then at least, was more than a hockey player to Canadians. He was homegrown royalty, a player of such quality, of such rare possibility, that he transcended the game we’ve always used to define ourselves.

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.

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is now the leading goal-scorer in NHL history. Alex Ovechkin became the greatest goal scorer in NHL history because of a never-before-seen combination of a wicked shot,

With his 895th career goal on Sunday, the Washington Capitals star has accomplished what was once unthinkable and surpassed “The Great One,” Wayne Gretzky, as the all-time leading goal scorer in NHL history.

The star from Russia was the epitome of joyfulness on goal No. 895, just like he’s been on so many of his previous 894, replicating jumping into a fountain in Washington when he and the Capitals

In honor of Alexander Ovechkin breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record with his 895th tally Sunday afternoon, Topps NOW has released a 10-sticker set for the Washington Capitals left winger. The checklist tracks Ovechkin’s journey from his first career goal in 2005 to the record-breaker,