Washington Capitals captain and left wing Alex Ovechkin scored his 30th goal of the 2021-22 NHL regular season against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night, reaching the mark for the 16th time in his career. Ovechkin also added an empty-net goal to reach 31 goals on the season.

Ovechkin’s 16th seasons of 30 goals are the second-most in NHL history, behind only former Capitals forward Mike Gartner, who has 17.

That’s 30 goals on the season for @ovi8! 🚨

He reached the mark for the 16th time in his NHL career and is now just one 30-goal season back of matching longtime @Capitals forward Mike Gartner for the most in League history. #NHLStats: https://t.co/WJpXCLjdJU pic.twitter.com/LpRNKsHzjq

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 16, 2022

The goal came at the 4:33 mark of the third period, assisted by John Carlson and Tom Wilson.

Alex Ovechkin. From the office. On the power play.

*insert Leo DiCaprio pointing at the TV meme* pic.twitter.com/F09jlBEdEH

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) February 16, 2022

In addition to having the second-most 30-goal seasons in league history, Ovechkin is the only player to do so with one team.

Alex Ovechkin is the only player in NHL history with 16 30-goal seasons with one team.

— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) February 16, 2022

Ovechkin entered play fourth in the league in Goals Scored and added an empty-net goal at the end of the team’s 4-1 victory for his 31st goal in 49 Games Played. It marked his 497th even-strength goal, surpassing Marcel Dionne for fourth-most in NHL history. It also puts him two multi-goal games shy of tying Brett Hull for second-most all-time.

With his 479th career even strength goal, Alex Ovechkin has passed Marcel Dionne (478) for the fourth-most even strength goals in NHL history.

— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) February 16, 2022

That additionally marks Ovechkin’s 156th career multi-goal game, two shy of tying Brett Hull for the second most in NHL history.

— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) February 16, 2022

By Michael Fleetwood