Alex Ovechkin ties Wayne Gretzky’s record with his 894th goal

WASHINGTON AP Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky s NHL goals record by scoring the th of his career setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants of Ovi Ovi in the crowd that included the Great One himself Ovechkin scored on the power play with left Friday night stopping the contest while fans rose to their feet to applaud the longtime Washington Capitals captain Clearly emotional he skated several laps around center ice asking for more cheers then returned to the bench where he blew kisses to members of his family in a suite A video montage of Ovechkin s path to played on arena video boards during the next stoppage in play He s now one goal away from current one of hockey s biggest records With Gretzky in attendance for the first time during this chase Ovechkin gave him and nearly everyone else in the building reason to cheer early by scoring his rd goal less than four minutes in He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banking the puck off the far post and goaltender Spencer Knight s back and in After a meager seconds Ovechkin s personal goal song Shake Rattle Roll by Big Joe Turner started blaring from arena speakers as mascot Slapshot flipped the counter in one corner from to Scoring in a fourth consecutive challenge Ovechkin reached goals for a th time in seasons which is the bulk in league history With his second he is at