Five Records Alex Ovechkin Could Break In 2015

Capitals Career Even Strength Goals Record

Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports

Alex Ovechkin has set pretty much every major Capitals record that he can break except for two. He’s 224 games away from breaking Calle Johansson‘s franchise record of 983 games played. However, there is a lesser record that Alex Ovechkin will almost assuredly break during the 2015-2016 season: career goals at even strength.

Currently, Ovechkin has 295 even strength goals. That places him in second place to Peter Bondra‘s 303. To give this record a bit of perspective, it took Bondra 961 games with the Caps to get his 303 even strength goals. Ovechkin has eight less goals at even strength in 201 less games than Bondra.

LIKELIHOOD OF BREAKING THIS RECORD: It’s not a matter of “if” Ovechkin will break this record. It is simply a matter of “when” he will do it. Let’s take a look at when he will likely break it. Ovechkin scores roughly .388 even strength goals per game. That puts him at breaking Bondra’s record roughly 22 to 26 games into the season. As of right now, I don’t know the Caps schedule for next season. I’ll be sure to update you once the regular season schedule is released so you can try to pick a game to be at (or watch) and see if you get lucky enough to witness history!

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