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Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin continued to add his name to the NHL record books on Monday night, reaching the 20-goal plateau in the team’s evening contest against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Ovechkin, who sat 53 goals away from Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record entering the night, potted his first goal against the Flames’ Dustin Wolf at 5:58 of the second period on the power play; assists were credited to Max Pacioretty and Tom Wilson.
NINE! TEEN! 20-GOAL SEASONS FOR THE #GR8 pic.twitter.com/OOctfO6y3J
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The Caps’ captain netted his second of the night and on the man-advantage at 9:16, this time on assists from John Carlson and Dylan Strome.
THE #GR8‘S ON HATTY WATCH pic.twitter.com/aLotiyL6MV
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Ovechkin’s first tally on Wolf marked the 174th different goaltender on which he has scored, with only two other players (Jaromir Jagr and Patrick Marleau) having scored on more opposing netminders in NHL history; additionally it marks the fifth new ‘tender this season.
Alex Ovechkin’s power-play goal marked his first career goal against Dustin Wolf, the 174th different goaltender Ovechkin has scored on in his career. Only Jaromir Jagr (178) and Patrick Marleau (177) have scored on more goaltenders in NHL history.
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The second power play tally also gives Ovechkin his 24th multi-PPG game and his 170th multi-goal game.
By notching his 20th goal on the 2023-24 season, Ovechkin also became just the fifth NHLer to record 19, 20-goal campaigns, the third to do it in 19-consecutive seasons, and the only player to do so to start his career.
Alex Ovechkin scores his 20th goal of the season to extend Washington’s lead to 2-0. Ovechkin is the fifth player in NHL history to reach the 20-goal mark 19 times and only the third to record 19 straight 20-goal seasons (Gordie Howe: 22; Brendan Shanahan: 19).
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Ovechkin is the only player in NHL history to record 19 consecutive 20-goal seasons from the start of his career.
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The Great Eight is now 51 goals shy of tying the all-time Goals record with 16 games left on the regular season. He now has 21 goals and 52 Points on the season.
That’s a lot of goalies. 🤯
Alex Ovechkin scored on the 174th different goaltender of his career last night! pic.twitter.com/cGen5LaZTW
— NHL (@NHL) March 19, 2024
By Michael Fleetwood
