The most North American player style wise ever to come from Russia, Alex Ovechkin scored a game-winning goal in the overtime of the Washington vs. New York Rangers game.

It was the 499th goal of Ovechkin in the NHL and now he is one goal short of becoming the 43rd member of the NHL 500 Career Goal Scorers.

Congrats to Alex Ovechkin with this milestone in his fascinating play in the NHL!

NHL All-Time Goal Scorers

Data Source: QuantHockey (as of January 9, 2016)

Rk	Born		Name	Pos	GP	G	A	P	GWG	G/GP	P/GP
1	1961		Wayne Gretzky	F	1487	894	1963	2857	91	0.601	1.921
2	1928		Gordie Howe	F	1767	801	1049	1850	18	0.453	1.047
3	1964		Brett Hull	F	1269	741	650	1391	110	0.584	1.096
4	1972		Jaromír Jágr	F	1588	736	1096	1832	132	0.463	1.154
5	1951		Marcel Dionne	F	1348	731	1040	1771	74	0.542	1.314
6	1942		Phil Esposito	F	1282	717	873	1590	118	0.559	1.240
7	1959		Mike Gartner	F	1432	708	627	1335	90	0.494	0.932
8	1961		Mark Messier	F	1756	694	1193	1887	92	0.395	1.075
9	1965		Steve Yzerman	F	1514	692	1063	1755	94	0.457	1.159
10	1965		Mario Lemieux	F	915	690	1033	1723	74	0.754	1.883
11	1970		Teemu Selänne	F	1451	684	773	1457	110	0.471	1.004
12	1966		Luc Robitaille	F	1431	668	726	1394	89	0.467	0.974
13	1969		Brendan Shanahan	F	1524	656	698	1354	109	0.430	0.888
14	1963		Dave Andreychuk	F	1639	640	698	1338	77	0.390	0.816
15	1969		Joe Sakic	F	1378	625	1016	1641	86	0.454	1.191
16	1939		Bobby Hull	F	1063	610	560	1170	45	0.574	1.101
17	1960		Dino Ciccarelli	F	1232	608	592	1200	73	0.494	0.974
18	1977		Jarome Iginla	F	1434	601	648	1249	95	0.419	0.871
19	1960		Jari Kurri	F	1251	601	797	1398	72	0.480	1.118
20	1968		Mark Recchi	F	1652	577	956	1533	91	0.349	0.928
21	1957		Mike Bossy	F	752	573	553	1126	82	0.762	1.497
22	1971		Mats Sundin	F	1346	564	785	1349	96	0.419	1.002
23	1966		Joe Nieuwendyk	F	1257	564	562	1126	93	0.449	0.896
24	1970		Mike Modano	F	1499	561	813	1374	92	0.374	0.917
25	1951		Guy Lafleur	F	1126	560	793	1353	97	0.497	1.202
26	1935		Johnny Bucyk	F	1540	556	813	1369	59	0.361	0.889
27	1963		Ron Francis	F	1731	549	1249	1798	79	0.317	1.039
28	1960		Michel Goulet	F	1089	548	604	1152	64	0.503	1.058
29	1921		Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard	F	978	544	421	965		0.556	0.987
30	1940		Stan Mikita	F	1394	542	925	1467	48	0.389	1.052
31	1972		Keith Tkachuk	F	1201	538	527	1065	72	0.448	0.887
32	1938		Frank Mahovlich	F	1181	533	570	1103	31	0.451	0.934
33	1956		Bryan Trottier	F	1279	524	901	1425	68	0.410	1.114
34	1964		Pat Verbeek	F	1424	522	541	1063	67	0.367	0.746
35	1963		Dale Hawerchuk	F	1188	518	891	1409	49	0.436	1.186
36	1969		Pierre Turgeon	F	1294	515	812	1327	86	0.398	1.026
37	1970		Jeremy Roenick	F	1363	513	703	1216	92	0.376	0.892
38	1950		Gilbert Perreault	F	1191	512	814	1326	81	0.430	1.113
39	1931		Jean Beliveau	F	1125	507	712	1219	13	0.451	1.084
40	1968		Peter Bondra	F	1081	503	389	892	78	0.465	0.825
41	1957		Joe Mullen	F	1062	502	561	1063	73	0.473	1.001
42	1953		Lanny McDonald	F	1111	500	506	1006	53	0.450	0.905
43	1985		Alexander Ovechkin	F	799	499	433	932	84	0.622	1.164