Alex Ovechkin scored his 892nd career regular-season goal last night in the Washington Capitals' 5-1 loss at Carolina. That puts him just three away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record, which No. 99 has held for 31 years.

Today, in my email inbox, I received a free and beautifully written article from The Athletic titled “Alex Ovechkin’s greatest feat? Mixing ordinary with extraordinary on the way to NHL immortality.” The long article was written by Dan Robson and Rob Rossi.

"It's just an honor to be living through this," said Tom Wilson, whose pass to Ovechkin led to history on Sunday.

The Washington Capitals clinched the Metropolitan Division on Tuesday. Washington (49-19-9), which was idle, won the division following the Carolina Hurricanes’ 3-0 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. It's the Capitals’ first division title since they won the Metropolitan for the last of five consecutive seasons in 2019-20.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the Washington Capitals’ captain and super sniper, Alexander Ovechkin, broke Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record this weekend when he beat countryman Ilya Sorokin on a power play.

"These kids are going to lose their minds when 'Ovi' comes out," the principal of Glebe Elementary School said. He was right. Alex Ovechkin skated onto the ice at MedStar Capital Iceplex to the shrieks and shouts of fourth and fifth grade students from Arlington Public Schools who literally came by the busload to watch him practice for the first time since he surpassed Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's all-time goals leader.

Budweiser Canada sent commemorative beers to goalies who didn't allow a goal to Alexander Ovechkin in their careers.

On the heels of Alexander Ovechkin overtaking Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer, a memento from when Gretzky took the record from Gordie Howe in 1994 has hit the auction block. After “The Great One” scored goal No.