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Final Countdown: Ovechkin is 9 goals away from Gretzky’s goal record



Alex Ovechkin scores an empty-netter for career goal #885 and point #1,600 and is just 9 GOALS away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal record!

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  1. The goals I see these days happen to be kinda easy goals though . I'm not saying all but that's like what, 5 or 6 empty netters? Ya this one was hard through traffic but also he was probably surprised too… Haha will he retire after this run?

  2. He's the undeniable Goal Goat! Has most of the important goal records.
    He's the true Predator!
    Everybody knows it's going to him but they can't do much about it!

  3. For goal scorers over the age of 30, Gretzky doesn't even make the top ten. That is such a weird stat for me. Brendan Shanahan was a better scorer than Wayne Gretzky after age 30. Yikes!
    Oh. Congrats to Ovi. This is like seeing a once in a lifetime achievement three times. I saw Howe get 801, Gretzky get 894, and now Ovechkin maybe break the 900 goal barrier. Life is good!

  4. Лиге нужен этот рекорд для поддержания интереса к хоккею. Ягр мог его в свое время побить, но не сложилось. Сейчас вот Ови. Потом появится еще какой-нибудь парнишка, который и рекорд Ови побьет, когда придет время. Новая история свершится. Спорту это нужно. Так интереснее.

  5. He totally did this to make fun of the fans complaining about him scoring empty netters lol. What is he supposed to do, miss it

  6. I wonder whether it'll take some gas out of the Caps when Ovi gets the record and then, like Gretz before him, he's chasing no one so the motivation goes down a bit.

  7. Not sure why Gretzky fans are mad about his record getting broken. He’s held that record for 26 years. He’s been retired a long time. Ovechkin is a franchise player and plays his heart out. I’m a Canucks fan and I’m hoping he breaks it, and if the Canucks can’t make the playoffs, I hope he gets to raise the cup in the same season. I think he plays out his contract too, so he can put at least 20 more goals up on the previous record. He’s a beast and he deserves it.

  8. Just an ENG?!?!?
    That shows how high his hockey IQ, always to be in a right time – right place.
    Without talking that all adversaries know who's going to be a danger number 1 for an eng..

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