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NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin became the first player in the league’s history to score 900 goals on Wednesday night — and then the goalie he scored on tried to hide the puck.

The Washington Capitals wing scored the historic goal against Jordan Binnington in a game against the St. Louis Blues, 2:39 into the second period.

Ovechkin was lurking in the offensive zone and was at the bottom of the right circle when he backhanded Jakob Chychrun’s rebound past a sliding Binnington, who wasn’t able to recover in time.

The bench cleared to celebrate the 40-year-old’s accomplishment, while Binnington tucked the milestone puck into his pants to try to prevent the Capitals from keeping it.

After breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career record with his 895th goal in

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