The NHL now has a 900-goal club.
Charter member: Alex Ovechkin, of course.
The Washington star pushed his record goals total to a new level in a 6-1 win over St. Louis on Wednesday night. The milestone 900th goal came 2:39 into the second period when he caught Jakob Chychrun’s rebound off the boards and backhanded it past Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington.
Ovechkin was lurking in the offensive zone and was at the bottom of the right circle when he backhanded Jakob Chychrun’s rebound past a sliding Binnington, who wasn’t able to recover in time. The bench cleared to celebrate the 40-year-old’s accomplishment, while Binnington tucked the milestone puck into his pants to try to prevent the Capitals from keeping it. Linesperson Michel Cormier recovered the puck.
THE #GR8 IS THE FIRST PLAYER IN NHL HISTORY TO SCORE 900 GOALS pic.twitter.com/71gnsJQcYN
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 6, 2025
Anthony Beauvillier and Tom Wilson each scored twice, John Carlson also scored and Chychrun had three assists for Washington, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Alexey Toropchenko had the lone goal for the Blues, who have lost eight of their last nine.
Wilson opened the scoring for the Capitals halfway through the first, tipping in Carlson’s point shot to ignite Washington’s struggling power play, which had gone four games without a power-play goal.
Ovechkin’s milestone goal started a scoring frenzy in the second period. Almost two minutes after No. 900, Beauvillier scored on the backhand and Carlson beat Binnington from in tight five minutes later to end the goaltender’s night after giving up four goals on 15 shots.
Joel Hofer relieved Binnington, but wouldn’t escape the second unscathed as Beauvillier scored his second of the night to make it 5-0.
Toropchenko got a shorthanded goal 37 seconds into the third. Wilson scored his second of the night 9 minutes in to restore the five-goal lead.
Logan Thompson had 23 saves, and has now given up two or fewer goals in each of his nine starts this year.
The Blues visit Buffalo and the Capitals start a four-game road trip at Pittsburgh on Thursday.
After breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career record with his 895th goal in April, Ovechkin entered this season needing three more to reach 900. After four games without one, the 40-year-old Russian ended that drought in the third period against Minnesota on Oct. 17.
A week later, he scored No. 899 against Columbus.
“It’s insane to think about four, five, six years ago,” longtime teammate T.J. Oshie said last week. “Anyone that says, ‘Can Ovi do this?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, probably.’”
Ovechkin is in the final season of his contract, and it’s a long way from here to 1,000, so this could be the final round-number goal-scoring milestone for the star forward, who has won three MVPs and led the league in goals nine times.
“Even with the slow start here, if someone asks me if he’s going to score 30 this year, I’d say, ‘Yes, guaranteed,’” said Oshie, who retired in June. “He just finds a way to prove people wrong every time people think that he’s down and out. … There’s been plenty of time for me to come to terms with not putting limits on the big man.”
Ovechkin has been remarkably consistent through his career, rarely missing significant time because of injury. As a result, his milestones have been pretty evenly spaced, although it did take a little longer to go from 800 to 900.
Goal No. 100: Oct. 12, 2007 (game 167)
Goal No. 200: Feb. 5, 2009 (game 296)
Goal No. 300: April 5, 2011 (game 473)
Goal No. 400: Dec. 20, 2013 (game 634)
Goal No. 500: Jan. 10, 2016 (game 801)
Goal No. 600: March 12, 2018 (game 990)
Goal No. 700: Feb. 22, 2020 (game 1,144)
Goal No. 800: Dec. 13, 2022 (game 1,305)
Goal No. 900: Nov. 5, 2025 (game 1,504)
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