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Ranking the top 20 goals in Alex Ovechkin's record-breaking career

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Alex Ovechkin is the NHL 's all-time leading goal scorer, surpassing Wayne Gretzky .

He had over 550 even-strength goals and 320 power-play goals in his career.

Not every goal is created equally equally, with some being highlight-reel mainstays.

Here are the top 20 goals in Ovi 's career, covering the NHL regular season and playoffs.

Ovechkin scored one of his finest goals to win Game 3 of the Stanley Cup in the semifinals.

The Russian star scored the double-tap goal to help the Washington Capitals win their first Stanley Cup .

The goal is the 500th point of his career, and it crystallizes the futility of trying to stop the Russian Machine .

Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's record with a one -handed goal against the New York Rangers in May 2015 .

The goal was the 895th career goal for the Capitals , surpassing the record of 895 .

It was the first goal he ever scored with one hand on his stick because "my hand is not strong enough" to score that way.

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