Washington Capitals: Top 3 impact players to watch against Devils
#2 Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin has 10 goals in his last 10 games against the New Jersey Devils including 13 points, including four multi point games during that span. He has 36 goals and 37 assists for 73 points all time in his career against the Devils. He played in his 1,200th game against the Colorado Avalanche and scored a goal.
Ovechkin’s goal the other night marked the 40th empty net goal of his career. That is tied with Marian Hossa for the second most in NHL history. He only trails Wayne Gretzky who has 56. Ovechkin has scored four goals in his first three games this season, that’s the first time he’s accomplished this feat since 2018-19 and for the fifth time to start a season in his career. Ovechkin’s personal longest goal streak is five games, accomplished in 2015-16 with five goals.
Ovechkin is also the only player in the NHL with a five on five goal, a power play goal, a shorthanded goal, and an empty net goal this season. Ovechkin became the first Caps player in franchise history to reach the 1,200 game milestone. He’s also one of four Russian born players.
Any kind of Ovi goal is a gr8 one pic.twitter.com/82I5gluzmx
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 20, 2021
Can Ovechkin continue the momentum tonight? We can’t wait to find out. Something about Russian machines not breaking.