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Alex Ovechkin registers his sixteenth 30-goal season – the second-most in NHL history

By Ian Oland

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February 16, 2022 12:16 am

Alex Ovechkin scored twice against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday and accomplished some incredible history in the process.

Ovi’s goals were his 30th and 31st of the 2021-22 season giving him the sixteenth 30-goal campaign of his career. Only one player in NHL history has hit that plateau more: Mike Gartner.

“I just try to do my job,” Ovechkin said afterward.

Ovechkin’s tallies were the 760th and 761st goals of his career. The 36-year-old captain now trails third-place Jaromir Jagr by five goals, second-place Gordie Howe by 40, and Wayne Gretzky by 133.

Ovechkin’s first goal of the game came on a power-play marker from his office 4:33 into the third period. Ovechkin’s one-timer ricocheted off Juuse Saros’s blocker pad and in. The tally gave the Capitals a 3-1 lead.

The goal was Ovechkin’s 277th career PPG – the most in NHL history.

But he wasn’t done there. Ovi closed out the game with his seventh empty-net goal of the season – a new career high. Ovi shot the puck at Nashville’s open twine from the Capitals’ defensive zone.

Empty-net goals are classified by the NHL as even-strength goals, meaning the goal was Ovi’s 489th even-strength tally. That allowed the Capitals captain to pass Marcel Dionne for fourth all-time.

The two tallies also gave Ovechkin the 156th multi-goal game of his career, two behind Brett Hull for the second-most all-time.

Dang, Ovi.

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