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NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin became the first player in league history to score 900 goals on Wednesday night, and then the goalie he scored on tried to hide the puck.
The Washington Capitals fullback scored the historic goal against Jordan Binnington in a game against the St. Louis Blues, 2:39 into the second half.
Ovechkin was lurking in the offensive zone and was in the back of the right circle when he returned Jakob Chychrun’s rebound to a sliding Binnington, who couldn’t recover in time.
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) waves to the crowd after scoring his 900th NHL goal, against the St. Louis Blues, during the second period at Capital One Arena. (Geoff Burke/Image Images)
The bench cleared to celebrate the 40-year-old’s achievement, while Binnington stuffed the historic puck down his pants to try to prevent the Capitals from keeping it.
After breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career record with his 895th goal in April, Ovechkin entered this season needing three more to reach 900. After four games without a goal, the 40-year-old Russian ended that drought in the third period against Minnesota on October 17.
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Ovechkin is in the final season of his contract, and it’s a long way from here to 1,000, so this could be the last big-number goal milestone for the star forward, who has won three MVP awards and led the league in goals nine times.
Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) waves to the crowd after scoring his 900th NHL goal, against the St. Louis Blues, during the second period at Capital One Arena. (Geoff Burke/Image Images)
Ovechkin has been remarkably consistent throughout his career and has rarely missed much time due to injury. As a result, his milestones have been quite spaced out, although it took him a little longer to go from 800 to 900.
