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He needs five goals in the team's final nine regular-season games to top Gretzky's all-time mark of 894.
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Ovechkin scored his 890th NHL goal on Sunday, moving five away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 in his Washington Capitals' 8-5 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.

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