Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is closing in on being one of the vital completed gamers in NHL historical past. The legendary ahead already has a ton of information on the NHL historical past books, however there’s another nonetheless to go that might put him within the pantheon of all-time greats.
With the 2024-25 season now in progress, Ovechkin is on the verge of changing into the NHL’s all-time objectives chief. Ovechkin can cross Wayne Gretzky’s mark (894) throughout the 2024-25 common season. The Capitals standout at the moment has 858 profession objectives, so he would wish to rack up simply 36 extra objectives this season so as to high Gretzky’s league file.
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 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Ovechkin scored 42 objectives throughout the 2022-23 season, and has tallied at the very least 41 objectives in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.
Ovechkin at the moment has tallied 1,560 factors (858 objectives, 702 assists) in his skilled profession. He did make much more historical past in 2023-24 when he registered an NHL file 18th 30-goal season as he handed Mike Gartner (17) for the dignity.
Ovechkin scored his fifth purpose of the season in a 6-3 win in opposition to the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 31. That helped Ovechkin hold the tempo he must catch Gretzky by the top of the common season. Proper now, Ovechkin is on tempo for 46 objectives, which might be sufficient to surpass “The Nice One.”
Ovechkin will probably proceed to be a longtime pressure on the Capitals’ high power-play unit, so there might 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 monitor of Ovechkin’s objectives all through the 2024-25 season and hold tabs on how shut he’s to eclipsing Gretzky’s all-time file.
