The NHL officially has a new leader in all-time goals scored. On April 6, 2025 Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th career NHL goal, breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record nearly 26 years later. The goal scorer has won the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy nine times in his career and has now surpassed the 40-goal mark 14 times. Of his 895 NHL goals, 16 were scored against the Vancouver Canucks. Here’s a list of all of Ovechkin’s goals against the Canucks. 

Goal #1: October 27, 2006 (2:08 in video)

Goal #2: October 27, 2007 (1:47 in video)

Goals #3 and #4: October 29, 2011 (1:37 and 2:05 in video)

Goal #5: March 14, 2014 (28:59 in video)

Goal #6: October 22, 2015 (3:16 in video)

Goal #7: December 11, 2016 (8:47 in video) (200th Career Power Play Goal) 

Goals #8 and #9: October 22, 2018 (6:21 and 7:12 in video)

Goal #10: January 16, 2022

Goals #11 and #12: October 17, 2022

Goals #13 and #14: November 29, 2022

Goal #15: February 11, 2024

Goal #16: March 16, 2024 

With Gretzky’s goal-scoring record now broken, fans will wonder whether this could be the last season of Ovechkin’s career. His current contract expires next season, during which he will be 40 years old. Regardless of when he decides to hang up his skates, Ovechkin will go down as the greatest goal-scorer of all time. 

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