Marc-Andre Fleury makes HILARIOUS statement regarding Alex Ovechkin as longtime career rival edges closer to NHL history

One of the major key point of the 2024-25 season has been revolving around Alex Ovechkin. As the Washington Capitals captain edges closer to NHL history, his longtime career rival Marc-Andre Fleury made a hilarious statement regarding him.

Ovechkin started this season on 853 goals. At that time many wondering whether “The Great Eight” would actually be able to break the record of Wayne Gretzky for the most goals scored in the league.

The 39-year-old veteran has turned back the clock this season. On Wednesday, he scored in his third straight game. With the goal against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Russian international scored his 892th career goal.

As he inches closer to breaking the 894-goals scored record of Gretzky, Marc-Andre Fleury made a hilarious comment regarding him. He expressed that if Ovechkin broke the record against him, then he would have been “pissed“.

I’d be pissed in the moment. I’d still be pissed a few days later because then you’ll be on TV for the next f****** many years.

Marc-Andre Fleury said as per Jonny Lazarus

I joked (kinda) on the show with @ColbyCohen36 and @patmaroon the other day about how I think it would be kind of cool to be the goalie that Ovi breaks the Gretzky record on.

So, I asked #mnwild Marc-Andre Fleury what he thought about that this morning.

He didn’t disappoint🤣 pic.twitter.com/pt3VeWnvTW

— Jonny Lazarus (@JLazzy23) April 2, 2025

The goaltender against whom Ovechkin eventually scores the 895th goal will go down in history. Fleury is thankful that he is not the person.

Ovechkin holds the record for the most goaltenders scored on with 182. As for Fleury, he is the one he has scored most in his career. In 47 career games, the Capitals captain has scored 28 goals against the Minnesota Wild goaltender.

Alex Ovechkin recently paid tribute to Marc-Andre Fleury following final meeting between each other

Last week, the Minnesota Wild and the Washington Capitals faced off Xcel Energy Center. While the Wild came out as 4-2 winners in this game, Alex Ovechkin did not score any goal and Marc-Andre Fleury did not even play in that match. However, after the game, Ovechkin paid tribute to his career rival with a classy gesture.

As the game ended, Ovechkin signaled his teammates to return to the ice. He then instructed each of them to have a handshake with him and pay their respects to the future Hall of Famer.

Ovi made sure everyone on the Caps was out to shake Flower’s hand 🌸🤝 pic.twitter.com/ii8j5TS2fm

— Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) March 28, 2025

Fleury is set to retire at the end of this season. This will bring an end to a 21-year career in the league. During his time in the NHL, Fleury has appeared for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Vegas Golden Knights, Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild.

The 40-year-old goaltender ranks 2nd in all time wins list with 573 regular-season wins. Apart from that, the Canadian international has also achieved Stanley Cup success on three occasions with the Penguins (2009, 2016 and 2017). He and Ovechkin also faced off in the 2018 Stanley Cup finals. On that occasion, it was the Russian who came out on top.

Wayne Gretzky expected to be at Capitals’ next home game as Alex Ovechkin gets closer to goal-scoring record

Few months ago, Wayne Gretzky revealed that he would be on the road when Alex Ovechkin got very close to his record. With him now just 3 goals away from scripting a new record, “The Great One” is expected to be at Washington Capitals’ next home game.

The Capitals will welcome the Chicago Blackhawks to the Capital One Arena on Friday. In this game, Ovechkin could tie the record with 2 goals and surpass it with a hat trick. Given the form of the Blackhawks, who have already been eliminated from the playoffs, this game could be the one where history is made.

Ahead of this game, an interesting stat has shown up. Gretzky scored 894 goals in 1,487 regular season games. Meanwhile, Ovechkin has scored 892 goals in 1,485 regular season games. This means that he is 2 goals away from tying the record of Gretzky and 2 games away from the amount of games it took the former Edmonton Oilers captain to reach this figure.

Ovi is 2 goals away from Gretzky’s record AND 2 games away from the amount of games it took Wayne to reach the record.

Simulation confirmed. pic.twitter.com/BHu3cGwXl5

— Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) April 3, 2025

The Capitals will enter the game looking to get back to winning ways though. Following the 5-1 loss on Wednesday, the team has lost 4 out of their last 5 games.