Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is among the most 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 another 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 cross Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894 earlier than the tip of season. The Capitals standout at present has 878 profession targets, so he must rack up 17 extra targets within the staff’s remaining 29 video games so as to prime Gretzky’s document this season.
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 through the 2022-23 season, and has tallied at the very least 41 targets in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.
Ovechkin at present has tallied 1,589 factors (878 targets, 711 assists) in his skilled profession. He made much more historical past in 2023-24 when he registered an NHL document 18th 30-goal season, passing Mike Gartner’s 17 for the dignity.
Ovechkin recorded an empty-net objective in a 6-3 win in opposition to the Florida Panthers on Feb. 4 to carry himself inside 17 targets of breaking Gretzky’s document. The puck handed the objective line with 0.1 seconds left, a lot to the house crowd’s delight
At this season’s tempo, given well being, Ovechkin would surpass “The Nice One” earlier than the tip of the common season.
Ovechkin will seemingly proceed to be a longtime drive 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 12 months in the past when he recorded simply 5 targets over the primary two months of the season.
CBS Sports activities will maintain monitor of Ovechkin’s targets all through the season and maintain tabs on how shut he’s to eclipsing Gretzky’s all-time document.
