Alex Ovechkin has reached 30 goals in a season for the 19th time in his 20-year NHL career. That extends the record he broke last year with his 18th.

Ovechkin is on the verge of becoming the NHL's all-time goals leader, and he can pass Gretzky's mark of 894 before the end of season. The Capitals standout currently has 883 career goals after scoring Washington's only goal in a 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

Ovechkin scored his 883rd goal to move within 12 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, but Washington fell, 3-1, to Calgary for its first regulation home defeat since November.