Alex Ovechkin is already the NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer, but he still keeps finding ways to reach new personal milestones for the Washington Capitals. He did it again on Sunday night against the Nashville Predators.
Another 20-goal season for Alex Ovechkin
Ovechkin opened the scoring for the Capitals in their 3-2 loss to the Predators, giving him his 20th goal of the season.
That makes it the 21st consecutive 20-goal season for Ovechkin in his career, moving him closer to tying Hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe for the most 20-goal seasons in league history.
Howe scored 20 goals 22 times, but did it over 26 seasons in the NHL.
Ovechkin has never scored less than 20 goals in his career, and has failed to reach 30 goals just one time in his career, and that was during the COVID-shortened, 56-game season back in 2020-21.
Here is a look at his 20th goal of the season on Sunday. It came from the spot on the ice where so many of his 917 regular-season goals have come from.
