Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is among the most heralded gamers in NHL historical past. The legendary ahead has already etched his title in historical past, however he is nonetheless chasing Wayne Gretzky’s all-time targets file.
Ovechkin is on the verge of changing into the NHL’s all-time targets chief, and he can cross Gretzky’s mark of 894 earlier than the tip of season. The Capitals standout presently has 886 profession targets after scoring an empty internet purpose within the third interval of Sunday’s 4-2 win over the Seattle Kraken.
The purpose, his thirty third of the season, additionally marked profession level No. 1,600 for Ovechkin, making him the eleventh participant in NHL historical past to succeed in 1,600 factors.
He now wants 9 extra targets in Washington’s 18 remaining video games with the intention to prime Gretzky’s file this season.
The 2023-24 marketing campaign proved to be a mortal one for Ovechkin the place he 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 at the very least 41 targets in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.
Ovechkin presently has tallied 1,600 factors (886 targets, 714 assists) in his skilled profession. He made much more historical past in 2023-24 when he registered an NHL file 18th 30-goal season, passing Mike Gartner’s 17 for the consideration. He is now as much as 19 for his profession.
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 pressure on the Capitals’ prime power-play unit, so there figures to be loads of goal-scoring alternatives. He, clearly, has scored at a significantly better tempo 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 hold monitor of Ovechkin’s targets all through the season and hold tabs on how shut he’s to eclipsing Gretzky’s all-time file.
