Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is already one of the crucial heralded gamers in NHL historical past. The legendary ahead already has a ton of data on the NHL historical past books, however there’s yet one more nonetheless to go that would put him within the pantheon of all-time greats.
Ovechkin is on the verge of turning into the NHL’s all-time targets chief, and he can go Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894 in the course of the 2024-25 common season. The Capitals standout at the moment has 875 profession targets, so must rack up 20 extra targets this season with a view to prime Gretzky’s report.
The 2023-24 marketing campaign proved to be a mortal one for Ovechkin the place scored 31 targets, his lowest whole in a full-length season since he netted 32 within the 2012-13 season. Ovechkin did have simply 24 targets in 2020-21, however that season was shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ovechkin scored 42 targets in the course of the 2022-23 season, and has tallied at the very least 41 targets in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.
Ovechkin at the moment has tallied 1,584 factors (875 targets, 709 assists) in his skilled profession. He made much more historical past in 2023-24 when he registered an NHL report 18th 30-goal season, passing Mike Gartner’s 17 for the consideration.
Ovechkin recorded an empty-net objective in a 3-0 win towards the Seattle Kraken on Jan. 23 to carry himself inside 20 targets of breaking Gretzky’s report.
At this season’s tempo, given well being, Ovechkin would surpass “The Nice One” earlier than the top of the common season.
Ovechkin will doubtless proceed to be a longtime power on the Capitals’ prime power-play unit, so there figures to be loads of goal-scoring alternatives. He, clearly, has gotten off to a a lot hotter begin than he did a yr in the past when he recorded simply 5 targets over the primary two months of the season.
CBS Sports activities will preserve monitor of Ovechkin’s targets all through the season and preserve tabs on how shut he’s to eclipsing Gretzky’s all-time report.
