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NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin became the first player in league history to score 900 goals Wednesday night — and then the goalie he scored on tried to hide the puck.
The Washington Capitals winger scored the historic goal against Jordan Binnington in a game against the St. Louis Blues, 2:39 into second period.
Ovechkin lurked in the offensive zone and was in the bottom of the right circle when he backhanded Jakob Chychrun’s rebound past a sliding Binnington, who was unable to 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 in the second period at Capital One Arena. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images)
The bench cleared to celebrate the 40-year-old’s achievement, while Binnington stuffed the milestone puck into 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 going four games without one, the 40-year-old Russian ended that drought in the third period against Minnesota on Oct. 17.
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Ovechkin is in the final season of his contract and a long way from here to 1,000, so this could be the final goal-scoring milestone for the star forward who has won three MVPs 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 in the second period at Capital One Arena. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images)
Ovechkin has been remarkably consistent throughout his career, rarely missing significant time due to injury. As a result, his milestones have been fairly evenly spaced, although it took a bit longer to go from 800 to 900.
