NHL Grants Capitals Broadcaster Rights to Call Ovechkin’s Potential Record-Breaking Goal

Alex Ovechkin is just nine goals away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record, with the NHL ensuring his long-time broadcasters can document the historic moment.

• Alex Ovechkin needs nine more goals to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894 career goals, with 17 games left in the season.
• The NHL has allowed Monumental Sports Network to produce archived broadcasts of nationally televised Capitals games to ensure their long-time announcers can call Ovechkin's potential record-breaking goal.
• Play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati and his partner Craig Laughlin, who have covered Ovechkin's entire career, will narrate the historic moment for archival purposes.
• Ovechkin has set multiple records this season, including becoming the first player to score 200 goals in three different decades and tying the record for most franchises against which he has a hat trick.
• If Ovechkin does not break the record this season, he has one more season remaining on his contract to achieve the milestone.

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