Alex Ovechkin is inching ever closer to NHL history, but the Washington Capitals’ skid continued Sunday afternoon with a loss to the lottery-bound Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres entered Capital One Arena fresh off a Saturday loss to fellow also-ran Philadelphia and sitting in 29th place in the NHL.

The Washington Capitals superstar continues to close in on Gretzky’s longstanding record of 894 career NHL goals.

Alex Ovechkin is now five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 890th of his career in the Washington Capitals’ home game Sunday against the Buffalo Sabres. Ovechkin got to the front of the net and deflected Rasmus Sandin’s shot past James Reimer to pull the Capitals within two at 9:11 of the third period.