Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin, is one of the most announced players of In the NHL history. The legendary striker already has a ton of records on the In the NHL History books, but there is still one to go that could put it in the pantheon of the great of all time.
Ovechkin is about to become the leader in the NHL’s goals, and he can pass the 894 brand from Wayne Gretzky before the end of the season. The capital of the capital has currently 879 career goals, so he must accumulate 16 additional goals in the remaining 28 games of the team in order to exceed the Gretzky record this season.
The 2023-24 campaign turned out to be a mortal for Ovechkin where 31 goals scored, his lowest total in a full season since he scored 32 during the 2012-13 season. Ovechkin only scored 24 goals in 2020-2021, but this season has been shortened due to the Pandemic COVID-19.
Ovechkin scored 42 goals during the 2022-23 season and collected at least 41 goals in 13 of his 19 NHL seasons.
Ovechkin has currently collected 1,590 points (879 goals, 711 assists) in his professional career. He made even more history in 2023-24 when he recorded an NHL 18th season of 30 goals, going from 17 for the honor of Mike Gartner.
Ovechkin found the bottom of the net against the philadelphia flyers on February 6 to bring in the 16 goals after going beyond Gretzky’s goals.
At the rate of this season, given the health, Ovechkin would exceed “the big one” before the end of the regular season.
Ovechkin will probably continue to be a strength established on the best unit of power of capital, so there are many score opportunities. Obviously, he achieved a much warmer start than he did a year ago when he only recorded five goals in the first two months of the season.
CBS Sports will keep a trace of Ovechkin’s objectives throughout the season and will keep an eye on the proximity that he is close to overshadowing the record for all Gretzky.
