Ovechkin's Historic Goal Streak Continues

0:00On April 1st, Alex Ovechkin keeps rewriting the NHL record books, hitting his 30th goal of the season for the 20th time in his 21. Years pro, the 40-year-old capital star tapped at home against the Flyers on Tuesday at Capital One Arena, leading his team with 30 goals in 75. Games and pushing his career total to 927. Here this week, he became just the fourth player ever to reach 30 goals at age 40 or older, joining legends like Gordy Howe and Johnny. Bushik. Ovechkin scored at 1835 of the first period off a perfect setup from teammate Matt Roy. Fans and analysts are buzzing about his insane consistency. He's missed 30 goals only once, back in the short and 2021 season due to COVID. That puts him three ahead of my gardener for most 30 goal seasons and he's got 1440 goal years under his belt. Now he's chasing Wayne Gretzky's all-time mark, having already passed 994 regular season

1:01goals and hitting 1000 combined. With playoffs back in March, including 77 postseason tallies, he's at a 1,004 total, just 12 shy of Gretzky's 1,016. Ovechkin's not slowing down at 40, still dominating like it's day one and iron even more history before the season wraps. That wraps in HL News Today, brought to you with AI, I'm Corey with the story.