Alex Ovechkin\u2019s record-breaking goal received more recognition from the NHL, Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The league named Ovi\u2019s 895th career goal<\/a>, which gave him sole possession of the NHL\u2019s goal record from Wayne Gretzky, as the league\u2019s best of the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n Ovechkin, via a wrist shot on a second-period power play, beat goaltender Ilya Sorokin to become the league\u2019s new goals king on April 6 against the New York Islanders.<\/p>\n Ovechkin found the back of the net after Dylan Strome hit Tom Wilson with a pass down the right flank. After Wilson entered the zone, he sent a diagonal cross-ice pass to Ovechkin at the top of the left circle, who let\u2019er rip.<\/p>\n \u201cI just tried to find him on the entry there, and then when I was skating to the net and the puck went in the net, the next 15 seconds\u2026I truly just kind of blacked out,\u201d Wilson said then<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve got to watch it back, because I don\u2019t remember what happened. It was just chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n An excited Ovechkin belly-flopped onto the ice<\/a>, and when he got up, he was engulfed by his Capitals teammates in a huge hug.<\/p>\n