BREAKING: Ovechkin scores #802, now No. 2 all time!

Alex Ovechkin is now officially the second greatest goal scorer in National Hockey League history!

He already made hockey history earlier tonight by scoring his 801st career goal, tying the legendary Gordie Howe. And now, he’s followed that up by officially overtaking Howe, hitting the empty net for career goal No. 802: 

And needless to say afterward, Ovechkin was certainly feeling a bit emotional at having broken such an established record.

"You never thought it's going to happen when you came into the league, you're going to beat any Gordie Howe record or any Wayne Gretzky record or any record," Ovechkin revealed. "You felt like, 'Okay, maybe you're going to play in the NHL, you're going to be good and you're going to try to do your best.' But the whole situation happening right now it's a miracle. It's pretty special.

"Who knows who's going to score 800 goals next time?" he added later. "I hope someone. And I'm lucky enough to be able to stay healthy and be able to score so many goals. I want to say, first of all, thank you to all my teammates who play, coaches for the trust, for the opportunity, too, to be able to be out there in different situations. Without them, I would never reach those milestones and reach those numbers."