Overview
- Ovechkin’s 912th career regular-season goal moved him past Gretzky to the top of the NHL’s all-time list.
- The game in Newark ended 4–3 in overtime, with Jacob Chychrun scoring the winner for Washington.
- Ovechkin also recorded an assist, snapped a five-game stretch without a point, and finished with three shots and two hits in 15 minutes.
- Gretzky held the previous benchmark with 894 goals across 1,487 regular-season games.
- After 38 games this season, Ovechkin has 33 points (15 goals, 18 assists) and now has 133 career December goals, third most in NHL history.