Samsonov, previously a teammate of Ovechkin’s in Washington, grew to become the 177th different goaltender the 39-year-old has scored on in his profession.
Ovechkin is now second on the NHL all-time checklist with the retired Patrick Marleau, leaving solely the good Jaromir Jagr (178) left to move.
The tally was Ovechkin’s 864th profession purpose and his eleventh of the 2024-25 season.
He now inches ever nearer to Hockey Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky for many objectives all time (894).
Ovechkin has scored 9 objectives in his final ten video games, trailing solely Connor McMichael (12) for the workforce lead.
It was additionally Ovechkin’s 315th profession power-play purpose, extending his record by 41 over the subsequent closest participant (Dave Andreychuk – 274). The following closest energetic participant is Steven Stamkos with 217.
