During a chaotic sequence, Ovechkin found himself with the puck between the two offensive face-off circles and spun around to rip it past goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. It gave his team life down 2-1 with less than half a period to play in regulation.

We're tracking Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record and trying to determine the game in which he's most likely to break the record.

Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin is close to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record of 894. Despite the possibility of breaking the r