With 49 goals in his age-32 season, Alex Ovechkin will secure his seventh goal-scoring title to win the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy*. Just another notch for the greatest scoring boy in the history of the sport.
Alex Ovechkin scored his League-leading 48th and 49th goals of 2017-18 to help the @Capitals conclude the season with a 12-3-0 record in their final 15 games. #NHLStats #NJDvsWSH pic.twitter.com/ASZIfPAhdV
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 8, 2018
Patrik Laine of the Winnipeg Jets will be your runner up with 44 goals, a valiant effort for a talented young player, but once again it’s Ovi’s year.
Ovechkin began his season with a hat trick, then followed it up with a four-goal game in his second of the season. Forty-two goals followed in a scoring renaissance by the Great Eight, with two coming in the final game.
Ovi previously won the Richard in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16.
Note: We reserve the right to update this story if William Karlsson somehow scores seven goals tonight.
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