alex ovechkin On Monday, he scored his 170th career multi-goal game in the Washington Capitals’ 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames. With the win, Washington defeated the Detroit Red Wings and clinched the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference with 15 games left in the season.
With his 842nd and 843rd career goals, Ovechkin became the first player in history to score 20 goals in 19 consecutive seasons since the start of his career.
Ovechkin is the only player in NHL history to score 20 goals in 19 consecutive seasons.
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Ovechkin’s first goal, his 20th of the season, was the game-winning goal and his 128th goal of the season.
Alex Ovechkin’s 842nd career goal
Ovechkin first dented the twine 5:58 into the second period. Positioned in front of the net on the power play, the Great Eight redirected a smart pass from Max Pacioretty past Flames goaltender Dustin Wolfe.
Ovechkin joins Gordie Howe (22) and Brendan Shanahan (19) as the only players to score 20 goals in 19 consecutive seasons.
Ovi scored 20 goals in a row for the 19th time (‼️), joining the list of only three players to achieve this feat. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/JdrAvABQJi
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Alex Ovechkin’s 843rd career goal
The Capitals captain added his second of the night on his team’s next power play 3:18 later, hitting an Ovi shot from the Ovi spot and past Wolf.
And some fun stats too.
Ovechkin is currently tied for the NHL’s all-time scoring record, trailing Wayne Gretzky (894 goals) by 51 goals.
Dustin Wolf becomes the 174th goaltender to score in Alex Ovechkin’s career. See complete list. Only Jaromir Jagr (178 points) and Patrick Marleau (177 points) have scored against more opponents.
Ovechkin’s 128 career goals are second all-time behind Jaromir Jagr, who finished his NHL career with 135 goals.
In NHL history, only Wayne Gretzky (189 games) has scored more multiple goals than Ovechkin (170 games).
Ovechkin’s 309 career power-play goals are 35 more than the next closest Hockey Hall of Famer, Dave Andreychuk (274).
Ovechkin, who scored twice on the man advantage, now has multiple power play goals in 24 career games.
