Alex Ovechkin entered Saturday's game against the New York Islanders with the chance to tie Mario Lemieux (690) for 10th on the all-time goals list.
He opened the scoring in the game tying Lemieux, then he scored an early third period goal to take sole possession of 10th, at the end of the game he added an empty netter for his 692nd career goal, which ties Steve Yzerman for ninth all-time.
He is the only active player in the top-20, Patrick Marleau is the next closest at 27th with 559 goals.
Ovechkin will continue to climb the list, once he returns from his suspension for missing the All-Star Game he will be pass Yzerman (692) and Mark Messier who is eighth all-time with 694.
Mike Gartner currently sits seventh all-time with 708 goals, Ovechkin needs 17 more goals this season to pass Gartner, which certainly isn't out of reach for the 34-year-old sniper.
Ovechkin will then set his sights on the 2020-21 season, where he will have the chance to pass Gartner (if he doesn't do so this season), Phil Esposito (717), Marcel Dionne (731), and Brett Hull (741).
After that, the only names standing between Ovechkin and the all-time goals record will be Jaromir Jagr (766), Gordie Howe (801), and Wayne Gretzky (894).
Just recently, Ovechkin also tied Gartner and Jagr for most consecutive 30-goal seasons with 15. He is showing zero signs of slowing down, and it won't be long until the only thing left for him to do is pass the incredible '894'.
Ovechkin is on the hunt for the ninth Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy of his career, but there is a couple of young snipers standing in his way. He is tied for second in the league in goals with Auston Matthews (34) trailing only David Pastrnak (36).
He is on pace for 56 goals this season, which will be the ninth time in his career that he has surpassed the 50-goal mark. He also has eight goals in his past three games, marking the first time in his career that he has had three straight multi-goal games.
On top of his 690 goals, he has also added 569 assists for 1261 points in 1133 career games, placing him 38th all-time in points.
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