Alex Ovechkin cannot stop breaking milestones.
Last season, Ovechkin was so close and yet so far from another milestone, scoring 49 goals. This season, Ovi was a man on a mission, and tonight against the Lightning, scored his 50th goal of the season, passing Brendan Shanahan for sole possession of 13th all-time on the NHL’s scoring list.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin now sits one shy of 50 goals after potting a pretty, throwback one-timer against the Carolina Hurricanes.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin kicked it up a notch for the big game against the league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning. After scoring a milestone power-play goal, Ovechkin drew the Caps within one goal with a smart rebound cleanup in the third period.
He’s got a sixth sense for this stuff.
No matter who the opponent is, Alex Ovechkin comes to play. And Saturday, during a huge matchup against the Lightning, the Russian machine continued his goalscoring prowess, notching his league-leading 47th goal of the season.
Friends, this is what we call a bullet.
Sometime tomorrow the Philadelphia Flyers will gather in front of a TV screen and review video from Wednesday’s game against the Washington Capitals, and in that meeting someone will freeze frame Alex Ovechkin standing all alone in front of the Flyers net with the puck, and then someone will say, “what is wrong with this picture?”
Anyway, Alex Ovechkin’s got 46 goals now.
Alex Ovechkin set a new NHL record at Nassau Coliseum Friday night.
Ovechkin scored his 45th goal of the season. According to the Capitals PR, the Russian machine now has 10 career 45 goal seasons, more than any other player in NHL history.
The goal stood up as the game-winning goal – the 106th of his career.
Ovechkin’s goal came on the powerplay and it was a rare non-Ovi-Spot tally.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin has scored his 44th goal of the season with a feisty breakaway against Buffalo.
It’s the kind of goal you’d expect from a younger man — not a grizzled, 33-year-old grayhair like Ovi, but here it is.
League-leading goalscorer Alex Ovechkin scored again Thursday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The goal marked Ovechkin’s 650th career goal, pulling him within six of tying 13th place Brendan Shanahan, the Leafs president.
A day after getting rocked by the Anaheim Ducks 5-2, the Washington Capitals got off to a great start against the Los Angeles Kings, scoring twice in twenty seconds in the first period.
Alex Ovechkin got the ball rolling, scoring with an Ovi Shot from the Ovi Spot on the powerplay.
He would later score again from the same spot in the second period to extend the lead to 3-0.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
So. Alex Ovechkin has scored his 40th goal of the season.
Guess from where.
By Ian Oland 4 years ago
