Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is poised to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record. How he got so close.

The Washington Capitals superstar continues to close in on Gretzky’s longstanding record of 894 career NHL goals.

Alex Ovechkin is just five goals short of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record of 894 goals. As Ovechkin continues ...

Alex Ovechkin has a total of 889 goals to his name and is slowly and steadily nearing Wayne Gretzky's 894 goal record.

Alex Ovechkin is now five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 890th of his career in the ...

For Alex Ovechkin, scoring the 890th goal of his career wasn’t such a sweet moment; in fact, moving five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky ... said it was Aliaksei Protas’ shorthanded ...

Alex Ovechkin scored another goal to pull closer to Wayne Gretzky's record and helped ... Dylan Strome taps in a rebound of an Aliaksei Protas shot off the boards at 10:35. Rookie Ryan Leonard ...

For Alex Ovechkin, scoring the 890th goal of his career wasn’t such a sweet moment; in fact, moving five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky ... said it was Aliaksei Protas’ shorthanded ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Alex Ovechkin, scoring the 890th goal of his career wasn’t such a sweet moment; in fact, moving five goals away from breaking Wayne ... it was Aliaksei Protas ...