Every year, NHL players lace up their skates and strap on the pads to play for the most prestigious trophy in professional sports: the Stanley Cup. In addition to pursuing the Holy Grail of hockey, players chase down records set by players from generations past, hoping to see their names etched in the books next to Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, and Bobby Orr.
When the puck drops in early October, fans flock to arenas across North America to watch their favorite players skate and enter the record book with every point they tally. As the 2024-25 season commences, we will continue to track the players and the milestones they intend to reach before the final buzzer sounds in April.
Goal Milestones
Alex Ovechkin’s Chase of Wayne Gretzky’s 894 Career Goals
| Gretzky’s Record | Ovechkin’s Total | Number of Goals Away |
| 894 | 853 | 41 |
Players on the Verge of Joining the 600-Goal Club
| Player | Career Goals | Number of Goals Away |
| Sidney Crosby | 592 | 8 |
| Steven Stamkos | 555 | 45 |
Players on the Verge of Joining the 500–Goal Club
| Player | Career Goals | Number of Goals Away |
| Evgeni Malkin | 498 | 2 |
| Joe Pavelski | 476 | 24 |
| Patrick Kane | 471 | 29 |
| John Tavares | 456 | 44 |
Assists
800 Assists
| Player | Career Assists | Number of Assists Away |
| Evgeni Malkin | 798 | 1 |
| Anze Kopitar | 792 | 8 |
700 Assists
| Player | Career Assists | Number of Assists Away |
| Alex Ovechkin | 697 | 3 |
| Connor McDavid | 647 | 53 |
600 Assists
| Player | Career Assists | Number of Assists Away |
| Joe Pavelski | 592 | 8 |
| John Tavares | 584 | 16 |
| Steven Stamkos | 582 | 18 |
| Kris Letang | 576 | 24 |
| Ryan Suter | 576 | 24 |
| Victor Hedman | 572 | 28 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 564 | 36 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 553 | 47 |
500 Assists
| Player | Career Assists | Number of Assists Away |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | 495 | 5 |
| Ryan O’Reilly | 489 | 11 |
| Corey Perry | 476 | 24 |
| Matt Duchene | 468 | 32 |
| Alex Pietrangelo | 460 | 40 |
Points
1,600 Points
| Player | Career Points | Number of Points Away |
| Sidney Crosby | 1,596 | 4 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 1,550 | 50 |
1,300 Points
| Player | Career Points | Number of Points Away |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1,296 | 4 |
| Patrick Kane | 1,284 | 26 |
1,200 Points
| Player | Career Points | Number of Points Away |
| Steven Stamkos | 1,137 | 63 |
1,110 Points
| Player | Career Points | Number of Points Away |
| Joe Pavelski | 1,068 | 32 |
| Claude Giroux | 1,066 | 34 |
| John Tavares | 1,040 | 60 |
1,000 Points
| Player | Career Points | Number of Points Away |
| Connor McDavid | 982 | 18 |
| Blake Wheeler | 943 | 57 |
| Brad Marchand | 929 | 71 |
Goalie Wins
400 Wins
| Player | Career Wins | Number of Wins Away |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 396 | 4 |
| Jonathan Quick | 393 | 7 |
300 Wins
| Player | Career Wins | Number of Wins Away |
| Frederik Andersen | 295 | 5 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 293 | 7 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 286 | 14 |
| Connor Hellebuyck | 275 | 25 |
