Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin hasn’t fairly had the season that many anticipated by way of the primary half of the 2023-24 marketing campaign. In Thursday’s 3-2 time beyond regulation win towards the Columbus Blue Jackets, Ovechkin was in a position to snap a 14-game aim drought and located the again of the online.

Ovechkin scored the aim in dramatic style as he tallied the game-winning aim in time beyond regulation off a feed from teammate Dylan Strome.

Ovechkin hadn’t scored since Nov. 18 in a sport towards the Blue Jackets. He recorded a aim and an help towards Columbus this time round, and it marked the third time in 4 video games that the Capitals ahead has tallied some extent. He additionally earned a major help on ahead Anthony Mantha’s power-play aim within the opening interval.

“I believe that complete scenario, you simply have to attain one,” Ovechkin instructed Monumental Sports activities Community following Thursday’s win. “I really feel that feeling once more and simply get pleasure from it.”

Ovechkin now has simply 20 factors (six targets & 14 assists) in 30 video games through the 2023-24 season. The Capitals legend is at the moment on tempo for simply 16 targets this season.

Ovechkin now has 828 profession targets after scoring on Thursday and sits 66 targets behind Wayne Gretzky for the NHL’s all-time targets report. The Capitals ahead is 38 years previous and is at the moment within the third season of a five-year contract that he signed again in July 2021. 

It is definitely going to be an uphill for Ovechkin to move Gretzky. Ovechkin, who ended up passing Gordie Howe for second place on the all-time targets record in 2022, nonetheless wants 67 extra targets to acquire the report. If Ovechkin performs out the rest of his present deal, it is potential that he may get there, however he would wish to ramp up his goal-scoring efforts to take action.