Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has been one of the NHL’s most productive players this season and in typical fashion, has continued to climb the NHL record books on multiple fronts. On Saturday night, The Great Eight scored a milestone marker against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Ovechkin scored his 750th career goal, assisted by John Carlson at the 3:12 mark of the second period, giving the Capitals a 2-0 lead.
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The goal marked Ovechkin’s 20th goal of the 2021-22 season, marking his 17th consecutive season (every season of his career) with at least 20 goals, becoming just one of seven players in NHL history to do so, joining an exclusive club.
Ovechkin has become the seventh player in NHL history to reach 20 goals in 17 straight seasons. Only two players have hit the 20-goal mark in more than 17 consecutive campaigns: Gordie Howe (22 from 1949-50—1970-71) and Brendan Shanahan (19 from 1988-89—2007-08).
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Additionally, Ovechkin becomes the second-fastest player to reach the 750-goal mark, doing so in his 1,222nd game.
Alex Ovechkin scores his 20th goal of the season and his 750th of his career, becoming the second-fastest player in NHL history to reach 750 career goals.
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Over the course of his NHL career, the Capitals’ captain has terrorized opposing netminders and Columbus goalie Daniil Tarasov becomes the 152nd goaltender to have been scored on by Ovechkin.
Ovechkin’s goal marks his first career goal against goaltender Daniil Tarasov, the 152nd goaltender Ovechkin has scored against in his career. 6,635 skaters in NHL history have played in the NHL and scored 152 or fewer goals in their career.
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Ovechkin (79 GP) needed the fewest games to go from 700 goals to 750 – accomplishing the feat faster than Gordie Howe (106 GP), Wayne Gretzky (116 GP) and Jaromir Jagr (182 GP).
By Michael Fleetwood
