NHL: 3 all-time records that are on pace to be broken
By Jasmine Yen
2. Most career goals
Record holder: Wayne Gretzky (894)
Who can break it: Alex Ovechkin (684)
Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all-time and his name is at the top of a ton of NHL records. Alex Ovechkin is arguably the greatest goalscorer the league has ever seen and toppling Gretzky will cement his legacy. While it seems like a long shot, mathematically, it isn’t.
Gretzky played 1487 NHL games and averaged 0.60 goals per game. Ovechkin has played 1130 games and averages 0.61. If Ovechkin continues at this pace, it will take him 344 games to pass the Great One. He will need to finish this season, plus two more full seasons and 52 games. At 34 years old, he still has time and even when he gets older, the Washington Capitals just need to keep him in his office on the power play until he becomes the record holder.