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In Thursday night’s tilt against the Florida Panthers, Alex Ovechkin scored two goals in the second period. The multi-goal outing is the 136th game in his career where he has scored more than one goal, allowing him to take over sole possession of seventh place on the All-Time list for multi-goal games. Before tonight, he and Mike Gartner were tied for seventh place.
Alex Ovechkin of the @Capitals recorded his 136th career multi-goal game in the regular season to pass Mike Gartner (135) for sole possession of the seventh-most in NHL history. https://t.co/5VmmA08Mzo #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/DxA2xU5M8N
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 8, 2019
In three more multi-goal games, Ovechkin will tie Marcel Dionne for sixth place with 139. His two goals and an earlier assist on a John Carlson goal allowed him to tie and then pass Phil Housley for 40th place on the All Time list for NHL points. Ovechkin now has 1233 points for his NHL career and is currently tied with Sidney Crosby in career points. The next potential player to pass on the All Time point list is Peter Stastny who has 1239 career points.
On the second of Ovechkin’s two goals, Nicklas Backstrom earned his 886th career point, passing Peter Forsberg for the seventh most point by Swedish-born player in NHL history.
With an assist on Ovechkin’s goal, Nicklas Backstrom recorded his 886th career point, passing Peter Forsberg for the seventh most point by Swedish-born player in NHL history.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) November 8, 2019
Ovechkin’s multigoal game also set a new Capitals franchise record for consecutive multigoal games.
The Capitals have set a franchise record with seven-straight games with a multi-goal scorer, besting their six-game run from Feb. 7 to Feb. 24, 1987. The last time this has been accomplished in the NHL was by the Boston Bruins from Dec. 12 to Dec. 27, 2013.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) November 8, 2019
The second period goals also extended the Capitals streak of scoring at least one goal in every second period played so far this season.
The Capitals have scored a goal in every second period this season, outscoring opponents 27-13. The Capitals’ 27 second period goals lead the NHL.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) November 8, 2019
Earlier in the game, John Carlson scored his eighth goal of the season, passing Kevin Hatcher on the franchise scoring list (More here.)
By Diane Doyle
Scoring in every second period, and setting record for consecutive multi goal games are the eye-opening stats, here.
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The hits just keep coming. I imagine new milestones will be on the menu for quite some time.
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