Wayne Greatzaki, Alex Ovechin speaks later after record-breaking night
Alex Ovechin passed Wayne Greatzaki for the score all the time in the history of NHL and the two legends spoke to fans after the achievement.
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The NHL record of 894 goals of Wayne Greatzaki was once considered unbreakable.
Then Washington Capital Star Alex Ovechin broke on Sunday.
“They say that records are for breaking, but I am not sure who is going to achieve more targets,” Greatzaki said during Sunday’s on-Ice ceremony.
Before answering whether one can top Ovekhakin, the big question is what will be his last clan. Ovechin has five games left this season until Capital Decide to relax something before the playoffs. There is another season left on his contract.
If he retires after 2025–26 at the age of 40, he may end with more than 930 goals. If he signs an extension, the figure will be even more, which is an almost impossible number to green.
Here which can be an external chance to pass it:
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
He is the most obvious candidate because he already has two 60-grains season which is one of Ovechin. He is a pure scorer with four goals in his NHL debut and 398 goals in 623 matches. Ovechin needed 634 to reach 400 goals. He is scoring an average of 0.64 goals which is a game for 0.60 of Ovechin in his career.
Matthew is 27 years old and potentially has many years left in his career. If he can maintain his current scoring speed and play 1,500 games, he scored a top of 950.
But if it is a big. Mathews recalled a total of 34 matches in its second and third NHL season. He is out on two occasions this season, which has a injury to he spent 15 games. He has fallen by 69 goals to 30.
One of the strength of Ovechin is his durability. Mathews needs to be healthy.
Leon dress up, admonton oilers
He has regularly developed as a 50-goal scorer and signed an eight-year extension that makes him the highest-payer player of NHL. If Connor McDavid also works long -term in adamonton. There is a capacity for many more goals. Draisaitl is about to hit 400 balls and like Ovechkin, he is difficult to stop at one-time from the faceoff circle (right one, in his case).
The issue is 29-year-old Draisaitl, he did not become a 50-goal scorer until his fifth season. He has played 790 games, taking more than 400 time to take more than 400 time than ovchen and Mathews.
David Pastranak, Boston Breins
The 28-year-old Pastrak has a 61-meal season and four 40-goals. But he is 400 to 12 goals and has played 752 games. And can he maintain numbers with Bruins Rupening?
Gavin McKenna, Junior Hockey
Medicine Hat Tigers Winger 2026 is the possible number 1 pick of NHL draft. He had 34 goals in the last season and 41 in this season at the age of 17. He has a 45-game point Streek and has been introduced as a generational player. He has another year left in the Western Hockey League and to build his game in the World Junior Hockey Championship. He is more than a playmaker, but can score.
But it is always difficult to assess how the junior stardom translates to NHL stardom, especially since the players are drafts by a team near the lower part of the league and do not get very early support.
Young player TBA
Do not forget that Ovechkin was 13 years old when Greatzaki retired. One thing is dominated by the World Junior Championship to see one thing. Ovechin scored 18 goals in 18 matches in three tournaments.