Alexander Ovechkin simply doesn’t appear to age. The Washington Capitals star scored his ninth and tenth targets of the season Saturday, contributing to a dominant 8-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues.
Ovechkin has now scored eight occasions in his final seven video games, placing him on tempo for his tenth profession 50-goal season.
It was additionally his 175th career multi-goal game, simply 14 behind Hockey Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky who has essentially the most in league historical past (189).
“The Nice Eight,” as he is affectionately referred to as, would cross each Gretzky and Mike Bossy for the all-time record for many 50-goal seasons in a profession if he have been to hit the mark this yr.
The NHL record for many targets in a season by a participant aged 39 or older is 39 set by Gordie Howe.
Ovechkin now has 863 profession targets, making him simply 32 away from passing Gretzky for many all-time (894).
He may additionally cross Ray Bourque for twelfth on the all-time career points checklist (1,579) if he tallies one other 11 factors this season.
The one different energetic participant forward of Ovechkin on that checklist is Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby (1,612).
