Alex Ovechkin notched his 170th career multi-goal game in the Washington Capitals’ 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames, Monday. The victory catapulted Washington over the Detroit Red Wings for the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference with 15 games remaining in the season.
After scoring his 842nd and 843rd career goals, Ovechkin became the first player of all-time to notch 19-consecutive 20-goal seasons, beginning from the start of a player’s career.
Ovechkin is the only player in NHL history to record 19 consecutive 20-goal seasons from the start of his career.
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Ovechkin’s first goal, his 20th of the season, stood up as the game-winner, marking his 128th ever.
Alex Ovechkin’s 842nd career goal
Ovechkin first dented the twine 5:58 into the second period. Stationed in front of the net on a power play, The Great Eight redirected a smart pass from Max Pacioretty past Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf.
Ovechkin joins Gordie Howe (22) and Brendan Shanahan (19) as the only players to register 19 consecutive 20-goal seasons.
Ovi's 19th (‼️) consecutive 20-goal campaign sees him join a list of just three players to ever achieve the 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 the team’s next power play 3:18 later, rocketing an Ovi shot from the Ovi spot past Wolf.
And now some fun stats.
Ovechkin now trails Wayne Gretzky (894) by 51 goals for a share in the NHL’s all-time goals record.
Dustin Wolf is the 174th different goaltender Alex Ovechkin has scored on in his career. See the full list. Only Jaromir Jagr (178) and Patrick Marleau (177) have scored against more.
Ovechkin’s 128 career game-winning goals are second all-time, trailing only Jaromir Jagr who finished his NHL career with 135.
Only Wayne Gretzky (189) has more multi-goal games in NHL history than Ovechkin (170).
Ovechkin’s 309 career power-play goals are now 35 more than the next closest player, Hockey Hall of Famer Dave Andreychuk (274).
After scoring twice on the man advantage, Ovechkin now has 24 career games with multiple power-play goals.
