On April 1st, 2026, during a home game facing the Philadelphia Flyers, Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals netted his 927th goal, thereby establishing a fresh National Hockey League record and surpassing the esteemed Wayne Gretzky.
The Washington Capitals’ Russian forward, Alexander Ovechkin, has officially claimed the NHL’s all-time scoring supremacy by registering the 927th goal throughout his professional tenure.
NHL $\quad$ April 01, 2026 $\bullet$ Start time 02:00 1st Period Washington 2 : 0 Philadelphia 14:59 $\bullet$ Tom Wilson (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Rasmus Sandin) 18:35 $\bullet$ Alexander Ovechkin (Matt Roy, Connor McMichael)
Ovechkin found the back of the net during this regular season contest played on home ice against the Philadelphia Flyers organization.
Presently, the 40-year-old Ovechkin stands alone at the pinnacle of the NHL’s regular season goal-scoring statistics. His marker against Philadelphia augmented his tally, reaching the momentous figure of 927 career goals. The former record belonged to Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, who accumulated 894 goals across 1487 games played.
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