Alex Ovechkin reaches 900 career goals, re-signs with Capitals
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin became the first NHL player to score 900 regular‑season goals and will be honored by the team later this month.
Alex Ovechkin, the NHL's all‑time leading goal scorer, re‑signed with the Washington Capitals for a 22nd season and said he is not ready to skate away from the NHL. According to USA TODAY, Ovechkin scored his 900th career regular‑season goal on Nov. 5, 2025.
USA TODAY reported that the 900th goal made him the first NHL player to reach that total. The goal came in the second period against the St. Louis Blues, with Ovechkin backhanding the puck into a wide‑open net from the right faceoff circle at 2:39 after a Jakob Chychrun shot. He started the play by intercepting a clearing attempt by Blues goalie Jordan Binnington.
USA TODAY said the Capitals will honor Ovechkin on Nov. 26 with a pregame ceremony for reaching 900 goals and 1,500 games.
This account was written only from facts that survived Augur's
corroboration pass — 3 corroborated across opposed news blocs,
0 contested (attributed to both sides), 6
single-source (attributed). Nothing was added; no significance was inferred.
Model Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.
See the evidence & the verbatim quotes →