Ovi Scores Pair to Take Away An NHL Record From The Great One

Alex Ovechkin’s side hustle these days is breaking NHL scoring records. It seems as if every time Ovechkin lights the lamp another another mark falls.

Ovechkin erased a Wayne Gretzky standard Tuesday when he scored twice in the Washington Capitals’ 5-1 triumph against the Vancouver Canucks. That establishes a new record of 403 NHL road goals.

“I think he has 13 goals this year and I want to say eight or nine have been a new record,” Washington center Dylan Strome said.

Ovechkin’s first tally also tied Jaromir Jagr’s league record of 135 first goals of the game.

The victory at Rogers Arena was important to the Capitals because it ended a six-game road losing streak. The Capitals (10-11-3) are still three points out of a playoff spot.

In case you were wondering, Ovechkin now boasts 160 multiple-goal games. But he still has work to catch Gretzky’s 189. There is no one between them.

More importantly, the two goals give him 793 in his career. The 37-year-old Ovechkin now trails Gretzky by 101 goals. Third-place Ovechkin needs nine goals to pass Gordie Howe to move into second on the all-time list.

Ovechkin is on pace for 44 goals this season. If he can stay on that pace, he will break Gretzky’s record in 2024-25.

🫢 Where were the goalies and defenseman last night in Los Angeles?! By a score of 9-8, the Kraken defeated the Kings in overtime. The game tied the NHL record for most tying goals in a single game (6), and now shares second place for most goals scored in the first 30 minutes of play (12), and goals scored total in a game (18) all time. Prompting Alison Lukan of Kraken's intermission team to reference the action as "sh!tty hockey."

💰 Roope Hintz secured the bag! The 26-year-old Finnish forward signed an eight-year, $67.6M extension with the Dallas Stars. According to Spotrac.com, Hintz will collect $12M in signing bonus across the first four years of the deal. Hintz is coming off a career year where he collected 37 goals and 72 points last season, and is on pace for 86 points this year, playing alongside Jason Robertson and Joe Pavelski.

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