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NHL Scores: Alex Ovechkin scores 718 as Capitals end Islanders win streak, Nazem Kadri notches 4 points, and more

Don’t look now Wayne Gretzky, but Alex Ovechkin is on a little goal streak. Last night Ovi took sole possession of 6th All-Time on the goal scoring list with goal 718. It was also his 4th straight game with a tally.

NHL News: Ovechkin scores goal 718 and stops Islanders streak at 9

Ovechkin set up on the power play in his familiar spot at the left circle. Nicklas Backstrom moved the puck to Justin Schultz to the point and he found the man with the best shot in the world for the one-timer.

“It doesn’t matter which — one-timer, wrist shot, redirect — a goal is a goal,” Ovechkin said.