#1 Alex Ovechkin’s 700th goal
This is a rare time where a number one moment in a top 10 list comes in a loss. Despite losing to the New Jersey Devils 3-2, Caps fans that made the trip had a lot of fun and not just because it was Spongebob Squarepants Day at the Prudential Center.
Jesper Bratt put the Devils up 1-0 and that would be the score after the first period. A power play goal by Wayne Simmonds doubled their lead. The Caps would tie it a few minutes later on a power play goal from Tom Wilson.
In the third period at the 4:50 mark was when history happened. Evgeny Kuznetsov fed Ovechkin from the rare right face off circle and Ovechkin banged it in. It felt like a Caps home game with all the Caps fans that made the trip. Ovechkin made rare history and who knows if we’ll ever see a 700 goal scorer again.
Ovechkin was the eighth player in NHL history to score 700 goals and was the second fastest to reach the milestone, doing so in 1,144 games. It took Wayne Gretzky 886 games. Ovechkin additionally was the fastest player to go from 600th to 700th taking him 154 games to reach the mark.
Those are our top 10 moments of 2020. Now let’s look ahead to the 2021 season. I wish you all nothing but the best this year and let’s go Caps.