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OVECHKIN BECOMES EIGHTH MEMBER OF NHL’S 700- CLUB Alex Ovechkin became both the second-youngest and second-fastest player to join the NHL's 700-goal club with his tally Saturday in New Jersey, joining seven others in the prestigious group. The only player to reach the 700-goal mark at a younger age or in fewer games than Ovechkin (age 34, 1,144 GP) is all- time goals leader (age 29, 886 GP), whom Ovechkin now trails by only 194 goals.

* Ovechkin’s achievement at age 34 is rare not only from an NHL perspective, but also across the professional sports landscape. Among major career scoring milestone lists with fewer than 10 names for NBA players (30,000 points), MLB hitters (600 home runs) and NFL quarterbacks (400 passing touchdowns), only two players reached the benchmark before age 35: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

* Ovechkin (, Russia) also is one of five players on one of those four lists who was born outside North America, joining Jaromir Jagr (Kladno, Czech Republic) as the second NHL representative. The others: Dirk Nowitzki (NBA; Germany), Sammy Sosa (MLB; Dominican Republic) and Albert Pujols (MLB; Dominican Republic).

* Ovechkin joins (786 with Detroit) as the second player to score at least 700 goals with one NHL franchise. Of the players on the lists noted above, seven hit the milestone after playing for only one franchise: Ovechkin (), Howe (), Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers), Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks), Karl Malone (Utah Jazz), Tom Brady (New England Patriots) and (Miami Dolphins).

* Of note: There are nine NFL players who have at least 100 rushing touchdowns, including two who achieved the feat with the Washington Redskins – John Riggins (Oct. 13, 1985) and (Sept. 9, 2018). Riggins, 36, is the oldest player to join the NFL’s 100 rushing touchdowns club.

‘THE GREAT 8’: OVI PASSES FOUR HALL OF FAMERS, HITS 700 GOALS IN 14-GAME SPAN Standing at 684 career goals on the morning of Jan. 13, Alex Ovechkin scored twice that night against Carolina to pass Teemu Selanne into 11th place on the NHL’s all-time goals list, triggering an avalanche of achievements over the course of the next six weeks – despite a five-game drought that matched the longest of his career.

* Overall, Ovechkin leapfrogged five members of the this – , Teemu Selanne, , and – including four from Jan. 13-31. He now sits eight goals shy of tying Mike Gartner (708) for seventh place in NHL history.

* Ovechkin’s milestone goal was the 30th of his career against the Devils, a team that has proven to be a challenging adversary, relatively speaking. His 0.53 goals-per-game rate against New Jersey is tied for his second-lowest against any current Eastern Conference club (0.53 vs. CAR; 0.49 vs. BOS and CBJ).

* Ovechkin scored his milestone goal just shy of the six-year anniversary of Jaromir Jagr becoming the seventh member of the 700-goal club – and against the team Jagr was skating for at the time. In a matinee at Nassau Coliseum on March 1, 2014, Jagr scored his 700th goal to give the Devils a 2-0 lead – mere moments after Ovechkin became the fastest Russian to reach the 800-point milestone (658 GP) with his second goal during a matinee in Boston. Ovechkin notched his 800th point at 2:24 of the second period, which had a start time of 2:01 p.m. ET; the second period of the Devils-Islanders game started at 2:04 p.m. ET, with Jagr scoring 3:31 into the frame.

* Did You Know? Current Devils forward Travis Zajac and former assisted on Jagr’s 700th goal. Zajac and Cory Schneider are the only remaining Devils who dressed in that game.

NEXT UP: CHASING THE GREAT ONE’S RECORD Alex Ovechkin became the fastest player in League history to go from 600 to 700 goals (155 GP), besting the previous mark of 169 games set by Wayne Gretzky at age 29.

* The 155 games Ovechkin needed to go from 600 to 700 goals were the second-fewest he has needed to get from one 100-goal milestone to another in his career – he jumped from 100 to 200 goals in only 130 games, at age 23.

* The Capitals captain now needs only 195 goals to surpass Gretzky (894) for the most in League history after accelerating into the 700-goal club over the past four weeks. Ovechkin (1,144 GP) joined Gretzky (886 GP) and (1,157 GP) as the only players to hit the milestone in fewer than 1,200 games.

* Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (801) are the only players in the NHL’s 800-goal club, with Gretzky hitting the mark in his 1,116th career game (March 20, 1994) and Howe doing so in game number 1,748 (Feb. 29, 1980). Gretzky needed 231 games to go from 700 to 800 goals, while Howe required 256.

* Scoring an average of 0.61 goals-per-game in his career – to rank fifth in NHL history – “The Great 8” is on track to score his 800th NHL goal in 164 more games (career game 1,308) and overtake “The Great One” as the League’s all-time goals leader in about 320 more games – which equates to sometime within the next four seasons.

AGE IS BUT A NUMBER TO ALEX OVECHKIN Already a record eight-time winner of the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, 34-year-old Alex Ovechkin ranks third in the NHL with 42 goals in 2019-20, trailing 23-year-old David Pastrnak and 22- year-old Auston Matthews, who have 43 goals apiece.

* Ovechkin (34 years, 200 days on April 4) can become the third-oldest player to lead the NHL in goals behind Bill Cook (36 years, 165 days) in 1932-33 and Gordie Howe (34 years, 358 days) in 1962-63.

* Ovechkin hit the 40-goal mark in just his 53rd game of 2019-20 (Feb. 4), the third-fewest games he has ever required to reach that plateau. Since the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy was introduced in 1998- 99, there have been only eight instances of a player reaching the 40-goal mark in 55 or fewer games – Ovechkin accounts for five of those, including the only one by a player after age 28.

* Overall, Ovechkin is one of 10 players in NHL history to score 40 goals in a season at age 34 or older and the first since in 2007-08.

* Only two players have scored 50 goals at the age of 34 or older: in 1970-71 (51 goals) and Jaromir Jagr in 2005-06 (54 goals).

* Ovechkin has an NHL-best 0.59 goals-per-game rate since his 30th birthday on Sept. 17, 2015. Among players in the 700-goal club, only two scored at a rate of 0.50 G/GP or higher from age 30 onward.

By the Numbers: Alex Ovechkin’s Road to 700 NHL Goals A look at some of the numbers behind the highest-scoring left wing and Russian in NHL history:

5,519 Shots on goal by Alex Ovechkin to date; only (6,209) and Jaromir Jagr (5,637) have more since the League began tracking in 1959-60.

5,253 Days from his first NHL goal (Oct. 5, 2005) to his 700th NHL goal (Feb. 22, 2020).

260 Assists by Nicklas Backstrom on regular-season goals by Alex Ovechkin. Only three players in NHL history have set up a teammate more: Wayne Gretzky (364; ), (310; ) and (280; ).

76 Tiebreaking goals by Alex Ovechkin that have stood as the game-winner; the most such goals in NHL history (Jaromir Jagr ranks second with 75).

280 The fewest games played required for any 200-goal span of Alex Ovechkin’s career – he scored career goals 61 to 261 from Nov. 6, 2006 to Feb. 7, 2010. Ovechkin needs less than 200 goals to overtake Wayne Gretzky (894) for the most career goals in NHL history.

264 Time (in sec.) of the fastest hat trick of Alex Ovechkin’s career, achieved Feb. 4, 2020 against the Kings.

140 Different Alex Ovechkin has scored against during the regular season.

94 Different players to record an assist on an Alex Ovechkin goal during the regular season (Top 3: Nicklas Backstrom: 260; John Carlson: 114; Mike Green: 70).

48 Goals by Alex Ovechkin against the Lightning, his highest total against one franchise during the regular season.

22 Players who have exactly one assist on an Ovechkin goal, with Nick Jensen becoming the most recent player to join that group on Saturday.

19 Fastest goal to start a game by Alex Ovechkin, achieved vs. the Sabres on March 17, 2013.

12 Shortest time (in sec.) between goals by Alex Ovechkin, achieved Oct. 30, 2010 in Calgary.

11 Most career goals on a single date (11 G on Jan. 31; 11 GP).

7 Most regular-season games against a goalie versus whom he has never scored a goal (0 G in 7 GP vs. Mike Condon and ).

6 Fastest goal to start any period by Alex Ovechkin, achieved in on Dec. 15, 2006.

5 Career regular-season goals scored by Alex Ovechkin against – the against whom he scored his first NHL goal.

4 Shorthanded goals scored by Alex Ovechkin, with his last coming more than 11 years ago against the (Jan. 3, 2009).

3 Number of times Alex Ovechkin has scored at 19:59 of the third period, including one against a goaltender – he helped Washington salvage a point Nov. 15, 2008.

0.94 Alex Ovechkin’s career goals-per-game against the Wild, his best against one franchise.

ALEX OVECHKIN’S HIGHEST CAREER REGULAR-SEASON GOAL TOTALS VS. A GOALTENDER GOALIE GP G G/GP Marc-Andre Fleury 42 24 0.57 42 24 0.57 27 22 0.81 Kari Lehtonen 27 22 0.81 Ryan Miller 34 19 0.56 41 19 0.46 Ondrej Pavelec 31 18 0.58 26 13 0.50 Devan Dubnyk 9 12 1.33 13 10 0.77 Craig Anderson 19 10 0.53 Jaroslav Halak 23 10 0.43

MOST CAREER MULTI-GOAL GAMES, NHL HISTORY PLAYER MULTI-GOAL GAMES TEAM Wayne Gretzky 189 EDM, LAK, STL, NYR Brett Hull 158 CGY, STL, DAL, DET Mario Lemieux 154 PIT Gordie Howe 147 DET, HFD Alex Ovechkin 143 WSH 143 CHI, BOS, NYR

MOST CAREER HAT TRICKS, NHL HISTORY PLAYER HAT TRICKS TEAM(S) Wayne Gretzky 50 EDM, LAK, NYR Mario Lemieux 40 PIT Mike Bossy 39 NYI Brett Hull 33 CGY, STL, DAL, DET Phil Esposito 32 BOS, NYR 28 DET, LAK 28 CHI Alex Ovechkin 27 WSH 26 MTL

GOALS BY TYPE ALEX OVECHKIN GOALS ALL-TIME RANK

POWER-PLAY GOALS 259 3rd

EVEN STRENGTH GOALS 437 t-10th SHORTHANDED GOALS 4 Outside top 700

GAME-WINNING GOALS 110 t-4th

EMPTY NET GOALS 39 3rd

OVERTIME GOALS 23 1st GO-AHEAD GOALS 240 3rd GAME-TYING GOALS 126 t-6th FIRST GOAL OF GAME 120 4th TEAM’S FIRST GOAL OF GAME 218 5th TOTAL GOALS 700 8th

Milestone Goals: Alex Ovechkin A look at regular-season milestone goals through Alex Ovechkin’s NHL career.

CAREER GOAL 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 CAREER GP 167 296 473 634 801 990 1,144

100 GOAL SEGMENTS (GP) 167 130 178 162 168 190 155 FEWEST GP TO GOAL # (NHL RANK) 23rd 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 2nd SEASON 2007-08 2008-09 2010-11 2013-14 2015-16 2017-18 2019-20 DATE 10/12/2007 2/5/2009 4/5/2011 12/20/2013 1/10/2016 3/12/2018 2/22/2020 ASSIST 1 Mike Green -- Brooks Laich Nicklas Backstrom Jason Chimera Evgeny Kuznetsov ASSIST 2 Tom Poti -- Marco Sturm Martin Erat Andre Burakovsky Evgeny Kuznetsov Nick Jensen OPPONENT NYR LAK TOR CAR OTT WPG NJD

GOALIE Henrik Lundqvist James Reimer ENG Andrew Hammond Mackenzie Blackwood SCORE AT MILESTONE Tied 1-1 4-3 LAK Tied 1-1 4-2 WSH 5-1 WSH 2-1 WSH Tied 2-2 PPG? Yes No Yes No Yes No No GWG? No No No No No No No

Order of Entry: 700-Goal Club

PLAYER TEAM SEASON DATE VS. GOALIE PERIOD TIME ASSIST 1 ASSIST 2 LOCATION Gordie Howe DET 1968-69 Dec. 4, 1968 PIT Les Binkley 1 7:13 Phil Esposito NYR 1979-80 Feb. 2, 1980 WSH Wayne Stephenson 3 1:57 Don Maloney Tim Bothwell Capital Marcel Dionne NYR 1987-88 Oct. 31, 1987 NYI Kelly Hrudey 3 19:27 James Patrick Bruce Bell Nassau Coliseum Wayne Gretzky LAK 1990-91 Jan. 3, 1991 NYI Glenn Healy 1 11:48 Brian Benning Tomas Sandstrom Nassau Coliseum Mike Gartner PHX 1997-98 Dec. 14, 1997 DET Chris Osgood 1 10:41 Craig Janney Gerald Diduck America West Arena Brett Hull DET 2002-03 Feb. 10, 2003 SJS 2 16:54 Pavel Datsyuk Jaromir Jagr NJD 2013-14 March 1, 2014 NYI Evgeni Nabokov 2 3:31 Travis Zajac Andy Greene Nassau Coliseum Alex Ovechkin WSH 2019-20 Feb. 22, 2020 NJD Mackenzie Blackwood 3 4:50 Evgeny Kuznetsov Nick Jensen

Milestone Goals: Members of the NHL’s 700-Goal Club A look at when each member of the NHL’s 700-goal club hit their regular-season milestone goals, organized by their rank on the all-time goals list.

Red denotes those who reached that milestone in fewer games or at a younger age than Alex Ovechkin.

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 CAREER GP 145 GP 242 GP 350 GP 436 GP 575 GP 718 GP 886 GP Wayne Gretzky AGE 20y, 40d 21y, 256d 22y, 321d 23y, 353d 25y, 300d 27y, 302d 29y, 342d DATE 3/7/1981 10/9/1982 12/13/1983 1/13/1985 11/22/1986 11/23/1988 1/3/1991

CAREER GP 283 GP 422 GP 624 GP 805 GP 1,045 GP 1,274 GP 1,493 GP Gordie Howe AGE 22y, 323d 24y, 321d 27y, 313d 30y, 257d 33y, 348d 37y, 241d 40y, 248d DATE 2/17/1951 2/15/1953 2/7/1956 12/13/1958 3/14/1962 11/27/1965 12/4/1968

CAREER GP 245 GP 412 GP 580 GP 742 GP 928 GP 1,130 GP 1,452 GP Jaromir Jagr AGE 21y, 261d 23y, 357d 26y, 59d 28y, 272d 30y, 354d 34y, 277d 42y, 14d DATE 11/3/1993 2/7/1996 4/15/1998 11/13/2000 2/4/2003 11/19/2006 3/1/2014

CAREER GP 181 GP 280 GP 377 GP 520 GP 693 GP 900 GP 1,157 GP Brett Hull AGE 25y, 131d 26y, 179d 27y, 247d 29y, 204d 32y, 135d 35y, 144d 38y, 185d DATE 12/18/1989 2/4/1991 4/12/1992 3/1/1994 12/22/1996 12/31/1999 2/10/2003

CAREER GP 250 GP 426 GP 582 GP 724 GP 887 GP 1,033 GP 1,255 GP Marcel Dionne AGE 23y, 117d 25y, 147d 27y, 163d 29y, 123d 31y, 133d 33y, 134d 36y, 89d DATE 11/28/1974 12/28/1976 1/13/1979 12/4/1980 12/14/1982 12/15/1984 10/31/1987

CAREER GP 285 GP 457 GP 564 GP 692 GP 803 GP 1,014 GP 1,214 GP Phil Esposito AGE 25y, 348d 28y, 40d 29y, 295d 31y, 232d 32y, 305d 35y, 257d 37y, 347d DATE 2/3/1968 4/1/1970 12/12/1971 10/10/1973 12/22/1974 11/4/1977 2/2/1980

CAREER GP 195 GP 395 GP 594 GP 762 GP 936 GP 1,125 GP 1,390 GP Mike Gartner AGE 22y, 65d 24y, 357d 27y, 91d 29y, 138d 31y, 350d 34y, 58d 38y, 46d DATE 1/2/1982 10/20/1984 1/28/1987 3/16/1989 10/14/1991 12/26/1993 12/14/1997

CAREER GP 167 GP 296 GP 473 GP 634 GP 801 GP 990 GP 1,144 GP Alex Ovechkin AGE 22y, 25d 23y, 141d 25y, 200d 28y, 94d 30y, 115d 32y, 176d 34, 158 d DATE 10/12/2007 2/5/2009 4/5/2011 12/20/2013 1/10/2016 3/12/2018 2/22/2020

Order of Entry: 600 Home Runs (MLB) PLAYER DATE AGE (Y, D) TEAM OPPONENT () LOCATION Babe Ruth August 21, 1931 36-196 St. Louis Browns (George Blaeholder) Sportsman's Park III September 22, 1969 38-139 (Mike Corkins) San Diego Stadium Hank Aaron April 27, 1971 37-81 Atlanta Braves San Francisco Giants (Gaylord Perry) Atlanta Stadium Barry Bonds August 9, 2002 38-16 San Francisco Giants Pirates (Kip Wells) Pacific Bell Park Sammy Sosa June 20, 2007 38-220 Texas Rangers Cubs (Jason Marquis) Ameriquest Field Ken Griffey Jr. June 9, 2008 38-201 Cincinnati Reds Florida Marlins (Mark Hendrickson) Dolphin Stadium Alex Rodriguez August 4, 2010 35-8 New York Yankees Blue Jays (Shaun Marcum) Yankee Stadium III Jim Thome August 15, 2011 40-353 Minnesota Twins Detroit Tigers (Daniel Schlereth) Comerica Park Albert Pujols June 3, 2017 37-138 Los Angeles Angels Minnesota Twins (Ervin Santana) Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Order of Entry: 400 Passing Touchdowns (NFL) PLAYER DATE AGE (Y, D) TEAM OPPONENT LOCATION Dan Marino November 29, 1998 37-75 Miami Dolphins New Orleans Saints Pro Player Stadium Brett Favre September 24, 2006 36-349 Green Bay Packers Detroit Lions Ford Field Peyton Manning September 9, 2012 36-169 Broncos Pittsburgh Steelers Sports Authority Field at Mile High Tom Brady September 27, 2015 38-55 New England Patriots Jacksonville Jaguars Gillette Stadium Drew Brees October 4, 2015 36-262 New Orleans Saints Dallas Cowboys Mercedes-Benz Superdome

Order of Entry: 30,000 Points (NBA) PLAYER DATE AGE (Y, D) TEAM OPPONENT LOCATION Wilt Chamberlain February 16, 1972 35-179 Los Angeles Lakers Phoenix Suns Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Kareem Abdul-Jabbar November 19, 1983 36-217 Los Angeles Lakers Portland Trail Blazers Memorial Coliseum Karl Malone January 29, 2000 36-189 Utah Jazz Minnesota Timberwolves Target Center January 4, 2002 38-321 Washington Wizards Chicago Bulls MCI Center Kobe Bryant December 5, 2012 34-104 Los Angeles Lakers New Orleans Hornets New Orleans Arena Dirk Nowitzki March 7, 2017 38-261 Dallas Mavericks Los Angeles Lakers American Airlines Center LeBron James January 23, 2018 33-24 Cleveland Cavaliers San Antonio Spurs AT&T Center