Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is the new record holder for career empty-net goals.
The veteran scored his 57th career open-net goal, breaking legendary center Wayne Gretzky's previous record. The goal that came in the third period helped the Capitals in a 3-0 route against the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Besides Ovechkin and Gretzky, no other players have scored more than 40 empty-net goals. Gretzky reached his number of 56 in 1,487 games, while Ovechkin broke the record in 1,394 games.
The goal also gave Ovechkin his 834th career goal, and he sits 60 goals behind Gretzky, who had 894 in his career.