Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is closing in on being one of the completed gamers in NHL historical past.

Because the 2024-25 season will get underway, Ovechkin is on the verge of changing into the NHL’s all-time objectives chief. Ovechkin comes into the 12 months with an opportunity to surpass Wayne Gretzky’s all-time objectives document (894) through the 2024-25 common season. The Capitals standout presently has 854 profession objectives, so he would want to rack up 41 extra objectives this season with the intention to high Gretzky’s league document.

The 2023-24 marketing campaign proved to be a mortal one for Ovechkin, who scored 31 objectives final season. Ovechkin’s 31 objectives was his lowest goal-scoring whole since he netted 32 objectives within the 2012-13 season. Ovechkin did have simply 24 objectives in 2020-21, however that season was shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ovechkin scored 42 objectives through the 2022-23 season, and has tallied no less than 41 objectives in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.

Ovechkin presently has tallied 1,554 factors (854 objectives, 700 assists) in his skilled profession. He did make much more historical past in 2023-24 when he registered an NHL document 18th 30-goal season as he handed Mike Gartner (17) for the dignity.

Ovechkin scored his first objective of the 2024-25 season in a 6-5 additional time win towards the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 19. The Capitals star has tallied no less than one level in three of the group’s first 4 video games of the season.

Ovechkin will seemingly proceed to be a longtime power on the Capitals’ high power-play unit, so there will probably be loads of goal-scoring alternatives. He’ll look to get off to a warmer begin than he did in 2023-24 when he recorded simply 5 objectives over the primary two months of the season.

CBS Sports activities will hold observe of Ovechkin’s objectives all through the 2024-25 season and hold tabs on how shut he’s to eclipsing Gretzky’s all-time document.