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Alex Ovechkin ties NHL goals record

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“Thank you, Wayne, for your support, for your kindness. It’s great.”
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Ovechkin is about to walk through that door.
From The New York Times
Gretzky made his first in-person appearance for Ovechkin in time to see the Washington Capitals captain score his 893rd and 894th goals to tie his mark.
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NHL-Ovechkin scores 894th career goal to tie Gretzky's all-time record
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 894th career National Hockey League goal on Friday to tie the all-time record set by Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky which was once considered unreachable.
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Wayne Gretzky has been helping Alex Ovechkin long before this record goal chase
A little more than three decades before Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record, the “Great One” had his own chase. Gretzky was in hot pursuit of Gordie Howe's record in the spring of 1994.
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Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky's scoring record with 2-goal game
Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky all-time in goals scored with a two-goal performance against the Blackhawks.
Move over ‘Great One’: Ovechkin tied with Gretzky, can break NHL scoring record Sunday
Thirty-one years after Gretzky tied Gordie Howe’s record with two goals in San Jose against the Sharks, Ovechkin catches “The Great One” with his own two-goal performance.
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Ovechkin makes history by tying Gretzky's NHL goals record
After failing to convert on multiple chances late in the game for his record-breaking 895th goal, Ovechkin will next have the opportunity to make history when the Capitals visit the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Sunday (12:30 p.m. ET; MAX, MNMT, truTV, TNT, SN360, TVAS).
Alex Ovechkin Ties Wayne Gretzky's All-Time NHL Goalscoring Record with No. 894
Gretzky's record hinged on an unprecedented run of dominance with the 1980s Edmonton Oilers. He became the first and only NHL player to score more than 90 goals in a season in 1982 and topped 70 goals in each of his next three campaigns.
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Ovechkin ties Gretzky for NHL's all-time goals record with 894th
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 894th career National Hockey League goal on Friday, tying the all-time record set by Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky that was once considered unapproachable.
Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 with 2 goals vs. Chicago
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Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record — with The Great One on hand
Alex Ovechkin tied the NHL record for most career goals, putting him side-by-side with The Great One, Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals star scored the history-tying goal — the 894th of his career — on Friday when he found the back of the net at the 6:13 mark in the third period against the Blackhawks on home ice at Capital One Arena.
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