The Great Chase may be over, but the celebrations have just begun as the Washington Capitals have announced plans to honor Alexander Ovechkin.

ARLINGTON, VA – The Washington Capitals announced today several initiatives across the Washington, D.C., region in honor of Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin becoming the NHL’s All-Time goals leader.

The NHL has a new all-time leading goal scorer in Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin. His goal against the New York Islanders on Sunday gave him 895 for his career, surpassing Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has had an impressive career.

In Gretzky’s first 12 seasons (1979-80 through 1990-91), during which Gretzky scored an almost unfathomable 718 goals — 12 40-goal seasons, nine 50-goal seasons, five 60-goal seasons, two 70-goal seasons,

Alexander Ovechkin became the leading goal scorer in NHL history on Sunday afternoon when he broke a tie atop the leaderboard with Wayne Gretzky by scoring his 895th career goal in the second period of the Washington Capitals' 4-1 loss to the host New York Islanders.

Alex Ovechkin's pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record became the talk of the league a time of the season usually reserved only for playoff races

Ovechkin’s dominance on the ice from the left circle defines his legacy as the greatest goal scorer in NHL history.

On Sunday afternoon on Long Island, the Washington Capitals star broke Wayne Gretzky’s record to become the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer with 895. It was a record that once felt out of reach, like most of Gretzky’s career marks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Alex Ovechkin for setting an “outstanding record” as the NHL’s all time top goal-scorer.