Overview
- Ovechkin reached 900 at 2:39 of the second period on a backhand rebound off a Jakob Chychrun shot, beating Jordan Binnington for a 2-0 lead.
- Capitals players emptied the bench to celebrate as linesperson Michel Cormier retrieved the milestone puck after Binnington tried to tuck it away.
- The goal came in Ovechkin’s 1,504th NHL game during his 21st season, extending the all-time record he set when he passed Wayne Gretzky in April.
- Washington’s 6-1 victory snapped a four-game skid, with Anthony Beauvillier and Tom Wilson scoring twice and John Carlson adding another.
- Ovechkin is in the final year of his contract, and his next chase could be Gretzky’s 1,016 combined regular-season and playoff goals; he sits at 977.