Capitals: Top 3 amazing milestones of 2020

#2 Another 40 goal season from the great eight

Alex Ovechkin took home another Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, splitting the award with David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins as both led the league with 48 goals. Since the creation of the trophy in 1998-99, no other player has won the award more than twice. It’s the seventh time Ovechkin has received the trophy in the last eight seasons.

Ovechkin has shown no signs of aging at all despite being 34. He’s the third player in NHL history to lead the league in goals at that age or older. He is also just the fourth player in NHL history to score 48 or more goals in a season at at the age of 34 or older.

35 of Ovechkin’s 48 goals came at even strength, which was the fourth highest total of his career. There was just 13 games left in the regular season so we never will know how many goals Ovechkin would’ve finished with if there was a full 82 games. Ovechkin was on pace for 57 goals, which would have been the second highest total of his career.

Ovechkin also was on the cusp of joining Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy as the only players in NHL history with nine 50 goal seasons but now we have to wait until next season to see if Ovi can still work his magic.

But that doesn’t mean he won’t bring it in the 24 team playoffs.