Alex Ovechkin has scored on 189 different goalies during his NHL career. And counting.
On October 5, 2005, Ovechkin played his first game in the NHL and promptly scored two goals on Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Pascal Leclaire. Leclaire thus became the first name on a long, long list of Ovi’s victims.
Years later, when Ovechkin scored an overtime game-winner against Ottawa Senators goaltender Leevi Merilainen on January 16, 2025, Ovechkin seized from Jaromir Jagr the NHL record for most goals scored on.
But Merilainen and Leclaire are just two names on a long list of netminders who had the honor of getting beat by the best. RMNB has collected the definitive list of Alex Ovechkin’s victims.
Alex Ovechkin goalies tracker
Here is every goaltender ever to allow a goal to Ovechkin, starting way back in 2005:
| No. | Goalie | Goals | First goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascal Leclaire | 5 | October 5, 2005 |
| 2 | Kevin Weekes | 1 | October 10, 2005 |
| 3 | Cam Ward | 19 | October 12, 2005 |
| 4 | Roberto Luongo HOF | 9 | October 20, 2005 |
| 5 | Sean Burke | 3 | October 28, 2005 |
| 6 | Mikael Tellqvist | 2 | November 6, 2005 |
| 7 | Ed Belfour HOF | 6 | November 8, 2005 |
| 8 | Martin Brodeur HOF | 7 | November 11, 2005 |
| 9 | Martin Biron | 4 | November 17, 2005 |
| 10 | Henrik Lundqvist HOF | 24 | December 3, 2005 |
| 11 | Chris Mason | 2 | December 7, 2005 |
| 12 | Chris Osgood | 1 | December 9, 2005 |
| 13 | Michael Garnett | 1 | December 22, 2005 |
| 14 | Cristobal Huet | 6 | December 23, 2005 |
| 15 | Hannu Toivonen | 1 | December 27, 2005 |
| 16 | Antero Niittymaki | 7 | December 31, 2005 |
| 17 | Kari Lehtonen | 22 | January 1, 2006 |
| 18 | Adam Munro | 1 | January 10, 2006 |
| 19 | Marty Turco | 3 | January 12, 2006 |
| 20 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | 7 | January 13, 2006 |
| 21 | Brian Boucher | 2 | January 16, 2006 |
| 22 | Curtis Sanford | 1 | January 19, 2006 |
| 23 | Marc-Andre Fleury | 28 | January 25, 2006 |
| 24 | Robert Esche | 5 | February 10, 2006 |
| 25 | Ray Emery | 8 | March 2, 2006 |
| 26 | Garth Snow | 2 | March 6, 2006 |
| 27 | Sebastien Caron | 1 | March 8, 2006 |
| 28 | Ryan Miller | 19 | March 14, 2006 |
| 29 | John Grahame | 7 | March 23, 2006 |
| 30 | Martin Gerber | 8 | March 25, 2006 |
| 31 | Tim Thomas | 8 | April 10, 2006 |
| 32 | Mike Dunham | 2 | April 13, 2006 |
| 33 | Jamie McLennan | 1 | April 15, 2006 |
| 34 | Marc Denis | 2 | October 21, 2006 |
| 35 | Peter Budaj | 3 | October 25, 2006 |
| 36 | Alex Auld | 5 | November 13, 2006 |
| 37 | Andrew Raycroft | 3 | November 24, 2006 |
| 38 | Rick DiPietro | 5 | November 25, 2006 |
| 39 | Scott Clemmensen | 8 | February 25, 2007 |
| 40 | Johan Holmqvist | 3 | March 1, 2007 |
| 41 | Craig Anderson | 10 | April 3, 2007 |
| 42 | Vesa Toskala | 8 | October 29, 2007 |
| 43 | Tomas Vokoun | 8 | November 15, 2007 |
| 44 | Johan Hedberg | 4 | November 21, 2007 |
| 45 | Dominik Hasek HOF | 1 | December 17, 2007 |
| 46 | Ty Conklin | 3 | December 27, 2007 |
| 47 | Carey Price | 22 | January 5, 2008 |
| 48 | Dwayne Roloson | 5 | January 17, 2008 |
| 49 | Dany Sabourin | 2 | January 21, 2008 |
| 50 | Fredrik Norrena | 1 | February 5, 2008 |
| 51 | Steve Valiquette | 2 | February 10, 2008 |
| 52 | Miikka Kiprusoff | 6 | March 12, 2008 |
| 53 | Karri Ramo | 5 | April 3, 2008 |
| 54 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 4 | October 11, 2008 |
| 55 | Olaf Kolzig | 1 | November 10, 2008 |
| 56 | Michael Leighton | 1 | November 12, 2008 |
| 57 | Niklas Bäckström | 2 | November 24, 2008 |
| 58 | Ondrej Pavelec | 18 | November 26, 2008 |
| 59 | Jaroslav Halak | 10 | November 28, 2008 |
| 60 | Joey MacDonald | 4 | December 4, 2008 |
| 61 | Ben Bishop | 10 | December 18, 2008 |
| 62 | Patrick Lalime | 1 | December 26, 2008 |
| 63 | Mike Smith | 5 | January 1, 2009 |
| 64 | Yann Danis | 2 | January 19, 2009 |
| 65 | Brian Elliott | 11 | February 1, 2009 |
| 66 | Jonathan Quick | 8 | February 5, 2009 |
| 67 | Mike McKenna | 3 | February 14, 2009 |
| 68 | Evgeni Nabokov | 8 | October 15, 2009 |
| 69 | Dan Ellis | 5 | October 17, 2009 |
| 70 | Jeff Deslauriers | 2 | December 19, 2009 |
| 71 | Brent Johnson | 3 | January 21, 2010 |
| 72 | Jonas Gustavsson | 1 | December 6, 2010 |
| 73 | Sergei Bobrovsky | 16 | January 18, 2011 |
| 74 | Jonathan Bernier | 7 | February 12, 2011 |
| 75 | Curtis McElhinney | 5 | February 16, 2011 |
| 76 | Antti Niemi | 4 | February 17, 2011 |
| 77 | Nathan Lawson | 1 | March 1, 2011 |
| 78 | Jimmy Howard | 8 | March 16, 2011 |
| 79 | Jhonas Enroth | 4 | April 2, 2011 |
| 80 | James Reimer | 7 | April 5, 2011 |
| 81 | Ilya Bryzgalov | 4 | October 20, 2011 |
| 82 | Anders Lindbäck | 1 | December 20, 2011 |
| 83 | Steve Mason | 8 | December 31, 2011 |
| 84 | Jose Theodore | 3 | February 17, 2012 |
| 85 | Dustin Tokarski | 4 | March 8, 2012 |
| 86 | Corey Crawford | 5 | March 18, 2012 |
| 87 | Matt Hackett | 2 | March 25, 2012 |
| 88 | Al Montoya | 4 | March 22, 2013 |
| 89 | Justin Peters | 1 | April 2, 2013 |
| 90 | Jacob Markstrom | 6 | April 6, 2013 |
| 91 | Ben Scrivens | 1 | April 16, 2013 |
| 92 | Anton Khudobin | 4 | October 10, 2013 |
| 93 | Jason LaBarbera | 1 | October 14, 2013 |
| 94 | Devan Dubnyk | 12 | October 24, 2013 |
| 95 | Josh Harding | 1 | November 7, 2013 |
| 96 | Anders Nilsson | 4 | November 30, 2013 |
| 97 | Marek Mazanec | 1 | December 7, 2013 |
| 98 | Tuukka Rask | 10 | March 1, 2014 |
| 99 | Eddie Läck | 4 | March 14, 2014 |
| 100 | Jonas Hiller | 1 | March 18, 2014 |
| 101 | Cory Schneider | 8 | April 4, 2014 |
| 102 | Reto Berra | 2 | November 20, 2014 |
| 103 | Chad Johnson | 3 | November 28, 2014 |
| 104 | Semyon Varlamov | 8 | January 12, 2015 |
| 105 | Carter Hutton | 9 | January 16, 2015 |
| 106 | Viktor Fasth | 2 | January 20, 2015 |
| 107 | Robin Lehner | 4 | February 5, 2015 |
| 108 | John Gibson | 4 | February 15, 2015 |
| 109 | Cam Talbot | 7 | March 11, 2015 |
| 110 | Keith Kinkaid | 4 | October 10, 2015 |
| 111 | Scott Darling | 4 | October 15, 2015 |
| 112 | Michael Hutchinson | 3 | November 25, 2015 |
| 113 | Andrei Vasilevskiy | 12 | November 27, 2015 |
| 114 | Linus Ullmark | 3 | December 28, 2015 |
| 115 | Andrew Hammond | 2 | January 10, 2016 |
| 116 | Antti Raanta | 2 | January 17, 2016 |
| 117 | Thomas Greiss | 7 | February 18, 2016 |
| 118 | Louis Domingue | 3 | February 22, 2016 |
| 119 | Darcy Kuemper | 3 | February 26, 2016 |
| 120 | Christopher Gibson | 2 | April 5, 2016 |
| 121 | Frederik Andersen | 10 | January 3, 2017 |
| 122 | Matt Murray | 6 | October 11, 2017 |
| 123 | Petr Mrazek | 10 | October 20, 2017 |
| 124 | Scott Wedgewood | 3 | November 6, 2017 |
| 125 | Martin Jones | 5 | December 4, 2017 |
| 126 | Anton Forsberg | 2 | December 6, 2017 |
| 127 | Harri Sateri | 1 | January 25, 2018 |
| 128 | Connor Hellebuyck | 6 | March 12, 2018 |
| 129 | Alexandar Georgiev | 10 | March 26, 2018 |
| 130 | Juuse Saros | 4 | April 5, 2018 |
| 131 | Casey DeSmith | 6 | November 7, 2018 |
| 132 | Philipp Grubauer | 4 | November 16, 2018 |
| 133 | Jake Allen | 7 | January 3, 2019 |
| 134 | Jack Campbell | 2 | February 18, 2019 |
| 135 | Jordan Binnington | 4 | October 2, 2019 |
| 136 | Pekka Rinne | 2 | October 10, 2019 |
| 137 | Mikko Koskinen | 2 | October 24, 2019 |
| 138 | Joonas Korpisalo | 2 | December 9, 2019 |
| 139 | Mackenzie Blackwood | 7 | December 20, 2019 |
| 140 | Marcus Hogberg | 2 | January 7, 2020 |
| 141 | Laurent Brossoit | 1 | February 25, 2020 |
| 142 | Alex Stalock | 2 | March 1, 2020 |
| 143 | Igor Shesterkin | 5 | February 4, 2021 |
| 144 | Carter Hart | 6 | February 7, 2021 |
| 145 | Aaron Dell | 1 | February 21, 2021 |
| 146 | Jeremy Swayman | 2 | April 8, 2021 |
| 147 | Alex Lyon | 4 | April 17, 2021 |
| 148 | Daniel Vladar | 4 | October 23, 2021 |
| 149 | Filip Gustavsson | 3 | October 25, 2021 |
| 150 | Spencer Knight | 4 | November 4, 2021 |
| 151 | Adin Hill | 1 | November 20, 2021 |
| 152 | Daniil Tarasov | 3 | December 4, 2021 |
| 153 | Thatcher Demko | 4 | January 16, 2022 |
| 154 | Chris Driedger | 1 | March 5, 2022 |
| 155 | Elvis Merzlikins | 4 | March 17, 2022 |
| 156 | Jake Oettinger | 2 | March 20, 2022 |
| 157 | Nico Daws | 3 | March 26, 2022 |
| 158 | Tristan Jarry | 2 | April 9, 2022 |
| 159 | Sam Montembeault | 3 | April 16, 2022 |
| 160 | Logan Thompson | 2 | April 20, 2022 |
| 161 | Ville Husso | 1 | November 3, 2022 |
| 162 | Karel Vejmelka | 1 | November 5, 2022 |
| 163 | Stuart Skinner | 2 | November 7, 2022 |
| 164 | Felix Sandstrom | 1 | November 23, 2022 |
| 165 | Spencer Martin | 2 | November 29, 2022 |
| 166 | David Rittich | 1 | December 23, 2022 |
| 167 | Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 4 | January 3, 2023 |
| 168 | Kaapo Kahkonen | 2 | March 4, 2023 |
| 169 | Pheonix Copley | 1 | March 6, 2023 |
| 170 | Joseph Woll | 3 | October 24, 2023 |
| 171 | Yaroslav Askarov | 2 | December 30, 2023 |
| 172 | Alex Nedeljkovic | 4 | January 2, 2024 |
| 173 | Samuel Ersson | 3 | March 1, 2024 |
| 174 | Dustin Wolf | 2 | March 18, 2024 |
| 175 | Pyotr Kochetkov | 4 | March 22, 2024 |
| 176 | Cayden Primeau | 1 | October 31, 2024 |
| 177 | Ilya Samsonov | 2 | November 17, 2024 |
| 178 | Connor Ingram | 1 | November 18, 2024 |
| 179 | Leevi Merilainen | 1 | January 16, 2025 |
| 180 | Ivan Fedotov | 1 | February 6, 2025 |
| 181 | Calvin Pickard | 2 | February 23, 2025 |
| 182 | Georgi Romanov | 1 | March 15, 2025 |
| 183 | Ilya Sorokin | 1 | April 6, 2025 |
| 184 | Jet Greaves | 2 | April 13, 2025 |
| 185 | Jakub Dobeš | 3 | November 20, 2025 |
| 186 | Eric Comrie | 1 | November 26, 2025 |
| 187 | Drew Commesso | 1 | January 9, 2026 |
| 188 | Justus Annunen | 1 | January 11, 2026 |
| 189 | Vitek Vanecek | 2 | March 26, 2026 |
Players who’ve scored against the most goaltenders all time
Ovechkin leads a proud list of prolific scorers that spans six decades.
| Rank | Player | Goalies Scored On |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Ovechkin | 189 |
| 2 | Jaromir Jagr | 178 |
| 3 | Patrick Marleau | 177 |
| 4 | Mark Messier | 164 |
| 5 | Ron Francis | 157 |
| 6 | Wayne Gretzky | 155 |
| 7 | Dave Andreychuk | 154 |
| 8 | Mike Gartner | 152 |
| 8 | Teemu Selanne | 152 |
| 10 | Mark Recchi | 151 |
| 10 | Jarome Iginla | 151 |
| 10 | Brendan Shanahan | 151 |
Source: NHL PR
Ovechkin is the only active player on the list.
Ovechkin’s victim list, visualized
It’s been a steady climb up the charts.
Goalies who got scored on by both Gretzky and Ovechkin
There’s a club for the very special goalies who had the honor of getting dunked on by both Wayne “The Great One” Gretzky and Alex “The Great Eight” Ovechkin. There are some all-time greats in this list, and also Kevin Weekes.
| Goaltender | Ovechkin goals | Gretzky goals |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | 3 | 10 |
| Martin Brodeur | 7 | 5 |
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | 7 | 1 |
| Ed Belfour | 6 | 1 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 4 | 2 |
| Olie Kolzig | 1 | 3 |
| Chris Osgood | 1 | 3 |
| Dominik Hasek | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Dunham | 2 | 1 |
| Garth Snow | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Weekes | 1 | 2 |
Source: NHL
There are three Hall of Famers (Brodeur, Belfour, and Hasek), plus 10 combined Stanley Cup championships (Brodeur, 3; Osgood, 3; Hasek, 2; Belfour, 1; and Khabibulin, 1). So, yeah, not a bad group of goalies.
Only one goalie, Olie Kolzig, was once a teammate of Ovechkin’s. Ovechkin’s goal on Kolzig came on November 10, 2008 when the former Vezina Trophy winner played for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ovechkin scored his third goal of the season, also his 166th career goal, late in the third period.
That was Ovechkin’s only goal on Kolzig. The Capitals won that game 4-2.
In 2025, as Ovechkin broke the record for most goals, he thanked his one-time victim.
“I text the Gr8 congratulations and he responds by telling me I’m part of his history,” Kolzig posted on Twitter. “I’m like haha, you scored on me once. He says, no, you assisted on 5 of my goals. How does he know that? I didn’t know that. Says all you need to know about the greatest goal scorer [in] NHL history.”
Goalies who have bested Ovechkin (so far)
There is a small, but elite collection of goalies who have stopped an Ovechkin shot without giving up a goal. They have solved Ovechkin, one might say. Aside from the retirees, this list is shrinking as much as it is growing.
| Goalie | Games played | Ovechkin shots saved |
|---|---|---|
| Michal Neuvirth (ret.) | 9 | 25 |
| Mike Condon (ret.) | 7 | 18 |
| Mathieu Garon (ret.) | 7 | 16 |
| Manny Legace (ret.) | 3 | 14 |
| Kevin Lankinen | 3 | 14 |
| Joey Daccord | 4 | 14 |
| Joel Blomqvist (inactive) | 3 | 11 |
| Manny Fernandez (ret.) | 2 | 10 |
| Rob Zepp (ret.) | 2 | 10 |
| Akira Schmid | 4 | 8 |
| Joel Hofer | 2 | 8 |
| Garret Sparks (inactive) | 1 | 6 |
| Erik Ersberg (ret.) | 1 | 5 |
| Jocelyn Thibault (ret.) | 1 | 5 |
| Jeff Zatkoff (ret.) | 2 | 4 |
| Anthony Stolarz | 1 | 4 |
| Erik Kallgren (inactive) | 1 | 4 |
| Devon Levi | 1 | 4 |
| Lukas Dostal | 1 | 3 |
| Jean-Francois Berube (inactive) | 1 | 3 |
| Arvid Soderblom | 1 | 2 |
| Curtis Joseph (ret.) | 1 | 2 |
| David Aebischer (ret.) | 1 | 2 |
| Braden Holtby (ret.) | 1 | 2 |
| Collin Delia (inactive) | 1 | 2 |
| Trent Miner | 1 | 1 |
| Jakub Dobes | 1 | 1 |
Of the goalies who played at least 10 games last season (2025-26), only 17 have stayed off Ovi’s victims list.
- Colten Ellis, Buffalo Sabres
- Jacob Fowler, Montreal Canadiens
- Dennis Hildeby, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Nikita Tolopilo, Vancouver Canucks
- Jonas Johansson, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Anthony Stolarz, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Arvid Soderblom, Chicago Blackhawks
- Devin Cooley, Calgary Flames
- Akira Schmid, Vegas Golden Knights
- Jesper Wallstedt, Minnesota Wild
- Brandon Bussi, Carolina Hurricanes
- Arturs Silovs, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Jakub Dobes, Montreal Canadiens
- Joel Hofer, St Louis Blues
- Joey Daccord, Seattle Kraken
- Kevin Lankinen, Vancouver Canucks
- Lukáš Dostál, Anaheim Ducks.
Charlie Lindgren is also on the list, but he doesn’t count.
