The regular season match with the Boston Bruins (3:4) was the 1238th for the Russian in his career in the NHL.
Thus, he caught up with Waite and went to 99th place in this indicator.
Ovechkin has been with the Capitals since 2005.
During this time, he scored 757 goals in the NHL and gave 619 assists.
Earlier it was reported that Washington lost to Boston in the NHL match, despite Evgeny Kuznetsov's puck from Ovechkin's pass.