Alex Ovechkin’s All-Time NHL Goals Countdown
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin became the 8th player in NHL history to score 700 career regular season goals. This will be updated every time he passes another player on the list.
 894 - Wayne Gretzky |  801 - Gordie Howe |  766 - Jaromir Jagr |
 748 - Alex Ovechkin |  741 - Brett Hull |  731 - Marcel Dionne |
 717 - Phil Esposito |  708 - Mike Gartner |  694 - Mark Messier |
 692 - Steve Yzerman |  690 - Mario Lemieux |  684 - Teemu Selanne |
 668 - Luc Robitaille |  656 - Brendan Shanahan |  640 - Dave Andreychuk |
 625 - Joe Sakic |  625 - Jarome Iginla |  610 - Bobby Hull |
 608 - Dino Ciccarelli |  601 - Jari Kurri |  577 - Mark Recchi |
Ovi said he got stitches. Looked like the upper lip.
Protas said he got stitches on the chin in the second intermission.
Defenseman Dennis Cholowski loved Ovi growing up and used to have his jersey.
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"I don't pay attention to all this bulls#$%@ talk." - Ovi on all the talk about his game by critics.