Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record

In a National Hockey League regular season game, the New York Islanders faced off against the Washington Capitals. This game will go down in league history.

Details: The highlight came in the middle of the second period, when Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scored his 895th NHL goal. He surpassed the legendary Canadian forward Wayne Gretzky, who had 894 goals to his name.

Reminder: In one of the previous games, Sidney Crosby scored a goal and surpassed Wayne Gretzky in the number of seasons where he averaged more than one point per game. Crosby now has 20 such seasons, while Gretzky had 19. Simply put, Crosby averaged more points than games played.