Top 3 Capitals players to keep an eye on for fantasy hockey in 2022

#2 Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin is number two on this list. He can still put up numbers but we won’t quite know until well into the season as the great eight turns 37 in September.

Will this be the year Father Time catches up to Ovi? Or will Ovi continue to put up numbers like he did the last few seasons?

Let’s bank on him having another 50 goal season like last year. If he does that your fantasy team will be golden. Even if Father Time does catch up to Ovechkin, a 44 goal season would still be pretty darn good.

Last season Ovechkin averaged 3.4 points per 60 minutes.1.9 in the form of goals which is pretty good almost two goals a game. 1.5 coming from assists.

16 of Ovechkin’s goals came from the power play while the other 33 were from even strength. He also had a shorthanded goal. His rate on the power play is out of this world.

Last season Ovechkin averaged 2.6 power play goals per 60 and 2.1 assists. That comes out to 4.8 power play points per 60 minutes.

With 780 goals in his career, Ovechkin could very well pass Gordie Howe and move into second place all time this upcoming season. He needs just 22 goals to pass him.