Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is without doubt one of the most heralded gamers in NHL historical past. The legendary ahead already has a ton of information 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 move Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894 earlier than the top of season. The Capitals standout at the moment has 879 profession targets, so he must rack up 16 extra targets within the crew’s remaining 28 video games to be able 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 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Ovechkin scored 42 targets throughout the 2022-23 season, and has tallied not less than 41 targets in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.
Ovechkin at the moment has tallied 1,590 factors (879 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 honour.
Ovechkin discovered the again of the web in opposition to the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 6 to convey himself inside 16 targets of passing Gretzky’s all-time targets document.
At this season’s tempo, given well being, Ovechkin would surpass “The Nice One” earlier than the top 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.
