#2 Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin ignited the Caps rally on Sunday night which included three unanswered goals. He now has eight goals this season and sits four goals shy of passing Phil Esposito for the sixth most goals in NHL history. Ovechkin’s most recent goal was his 363rd career goal on the road, passing Steve Yzerman for the second most in NHL history.
Ovechkin has scored against 145 different NHL goaltenders. There have been 6,469 players in NHL history who have scored 145 or fewer goals in their NHL career. Ovechkin carries a 0.61 goals per game rate which is the highest among the NHL’s eight players in the 700 goal scoring club.
Ovechkin has 146 multi goal games which is 62 games more than Sidney Crosby who has the second most since Ovechkin’s rookie season in 2005-06. Ovechkin has more multi goal games than 2,616 players have total goals during that span.
Ovechkin trails Mike Gartner by two seasons with 15 career 30 goal seasons. At 1,296 career points, Ovechkin is four points shy of becoming the 35th player in NHL history to reach the 1,300 career point mark.
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Can Ovechkin work his magic on home ice against the Devils. Tune in to NBC Spots Washington tonight to find out. It will be fun.