ALEX OVECHKIN 5-YEAR, $47.5 MILLION CONTRACT EXTENSION
SIXTH-MOST FRANCHISE GOALS IN LEADER IN… NHL HISTORY • GAMES PLAYED – 1,197 96.6% 1. WAYNE GRETZKY 894 • GOALS – 730 2. GORDIE HOWE 801 • POINTS – 1,320 3. JAROMIR JAGR 766 • PLAYOFF GAMES PLAYED – 141 4. BRETT HULL 741 HAS PLAYED IN 1,197 OF THE CAPITALS’ 5. MARCEL DIONNE 731 1,239 GAMES (96.6 PERCENT) SINCE • PLAYOFF GOALS – 71 MAKING HIS NHL DEBUT 6. ALEX OVECHKIN 730 One of seven players in NHL history to play • PLAYOFF POINTS – 135 their first 16 seasons with the same team 7. PHIL ESPOSITO 717 and appear in at least 96.6 percent of their team’s regular season games 8. MIKE GARTNER 708
HIGHEST GOALS PER GAME HIGHEST GOALS PER GAME RATES IN WALTER JOHNSON DARRELL GREEN RATES IN NHL HISTORY THE PLAYOFFS AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS WASHINGTON WASHINGTON (Minimum 1,000 GP) (Minimum 100 GP) SENATORS FOOTBALL TEAM 1907-1927 ALEX OVECHKIN 1983-2002 WASHINGTON CAPITALS CAPITALS RECORD SINCE 2005-06 2005–Present 689-404-146 (.615 P%) The final year of the contract will 2ND-MOST WINS IN THE NHL mark Ovechkin’s 21st season with the Capitals. In Washington, D.C., sports RANKINGS IN NHL HISTORY history, only Walter Johnson and ST ND ND Darrell Green have played at least 20 1 IN OVERTIME GOALS – 24 2 IN POWER PLAY GOALS – 269 2 IN SHOTS – 5,727 seasons with their respective team. TH TH 4 IN GAME-WINNING GOALS – 116 4 IN MULTI-GOAL GAMES – 149
11X All-Star Game 8X First All-Star Team 4X Second All-Star Calder Memorial 3X Hart 9X Maurice “Rocket” Art Ross Trophy 3X Ted Lindsay Award 2018 Stanley Cup 2018 Conn Smythe Selections Team Trophy (2005-06) Memorial Trophy Richard Trophy Winner (2007-08) Winner (2007-08, Champion Trophy Winner (2007-08, (2007-08, 2008-09, 2012-13, 2008-09, 2009-10) 2008-09, 2012-13) 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) ALEX OVECHKIN CAREER AS A CAPITAL
JUNE 26, 2004 Capitals select Ovechkin with the first pick in the 2004 NHL Draft OCT. 5, 2005 Scores two goals in his NHL JAN. 13, 2006 debut vs. Columbus Records first career hat trick at Anaheim JAN. 16, 2006 Scores “The Goal” at Phoenix APRIL 13, 2006 Becomes the fourth rookie in NHL JUNE 22, 2006 history to score 50 goals in a season Wins the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie OCT. 12, 2007 Scores 100th career goal at JAN. 10, 2008 Madison Square Garden Signs 13-year, $124 million contract extension with Washington MARCH 21, 2008 Scores 60th goal of 2007-08, becoming APRIL 11, 2008 the 19th player in NHL history to Records a goal and an assist score 60 goals in a season. Ovechkin in his Stanley Cup Playoffs finishes the season with 65 goals debut vs. Philadelphia
JUNE 12, 2008 FEB. 5, 2009 Wins the Hart Trophy, the Art Scores 200th career goal Ross Trophy, the “Rocket” Richard vs. Los Angeles Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award, becoming the first player to win all JUNE 18, 2009 four awards in the same season Wins the Hart Trophy, the “Rocket” Richard Trophy and the Ted Lindsay MAY 4, 2009 Award for the second straight season Records first career playoff hat trick vs. Pittsburgh APRIL 5, 2011 Scores 300th career goal at Toronto JAN. 5, 2010 th JUNE 14, 2013 Named the 14 captain Becomes the eighth player in club history DEC. 20, 2013 in NHL history to win the Scores 400th career goal at Carolina Hart Trophy three times
APRIL 2, 2015 NOV. 4, 2014 Scores 473rd career goal, passing Records 826th career point, passing Peter Bondra for the most passing Peter Bondra for the most goals in franchise history points in franchise history
JAN. 10, 2016 NOV. 19, 2015 Scores 500th career goal vs. Ottawa Scores 484th career goal, passing Sergei Fedorov for the most goals by a Russian-born player JAN. 11, 2017 Records 1,000th career point vs. Pittsburgh JAN. 27, 2017 Named one of the 100 MARCH 12, 2018 Greatest NHL Players Scores 600th career goal vs. Winnipeg FEBRUARY 26, 2018 th APRIL 1, 2018 Plays in his 984 career game, Plays in his 1,000th career game passing Calle Johansson for the most at Pittsburgh, becoming the first games played in franchise history player in franchise history to play 1,000 games with Washington MAY 23, 2018 Scores opening and eventual game- MAY 30, 2018 winning goal in Game 7 of the Eastern Scores first career Stanley Cup Conference Final at Tampa Bay Final goal in Game 2 at Vegas
JUNE 7, 2018 Leads Capitals to first Stanley Cup championship with Game 5 win at Vegas and wins Conn Smythe Trophy
APRIL 7, 2019 Wins the “Rocket” Richard FEB. 22, 2020 Trophy for a record eighth time Scores his 700th career goal at New Jersey, becoming the eighth member of the 700-goal club
MAY 28, 2020 Wins his third straight and NHL- MARCH 16, 2021 record ninth overall Maurice Scores 718th career goal, passing “Rocket” Richard Trophy Phil Esposito for sixth on the NHL’s all-time goals list