Alex Ovechkin was the lone Capitals player to get on the scoreboard in a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday.

The Capitals captain broke Igor Shesterkin’s shutout bid 58:58 into the game.

The goal came on a set play off a face off. Evgeny Kuznetsov found Ovechkin wide open near the crease and the three-time MVP chipped the puck past Shesterkin.

“It is kind of annoying that I let a goal in at the end,” Shesterkin said to NHL.com. “But it doesn’t really matter if it’s a shutout or not.”

The tally was Ovechkin’s 32nd goal of the season, which places him fourth in the goals race with 29 games remaining in the 2021-22 season. Ovi trails Auston Matthews (36), Leon Draisaitl (35), and Rangers forward Chris Kreider (34) who scored earlier in the same game.

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The goal was also Ovechkin’s 762nd career goal of his career.

Ovechkin now sits only four goals behind Jaromir Jagr to tie for third place on the all-time goals list, 39 behind second-place Gordie Howe, and 132 goals behind first-place Wayne Gretzky.

Coming into this year, The Great 8 needed to average 33 goals per season over the next five seasons to catch Gretzky by the end of the 2025-26 campaign.

Now he’s one goal behind that mark and can further make a dent into the average during the final third of the season.