Alex Ovechkin Scored twice and hit the 30-goal mark for a record-extending 20th time in his NHL career, and washington capitals Green philadelphia flyers Tuesday night 6-4.
According to ESPN Research, Ovechkin’s latest milestone of a 30-goal season is three more than the next closest player (Mike Gartner, 17 times). He has accomplished this feat in all but one season: the COVID-shortened 2020–21 campaign, where he scored 24 points in 45 games.
According to ESPN Research, Ovechkin joined Gordie Howe (who did so twice), Teemu Selanne and Johnny Busyk as the only players in NHL history to score 30 goals in a season at age 40 or older.
Ovechkin’s 30th and 31st goals marked the 185th multigoal game of his career; Only Wayne Gretzky has more, with 189.
Tom Wilson He also had two goals, jacob chicrun had one goal and two assists and Ryan Leonard Added a goal and an assist. Pierre-Luc Dubois He had three assists for the Capitals, who have won three in a row as they try to get back into playoff position.
travis sanheim, Carl Grundstrom, Christian Dvorak And denver barkey scored and Porter Marton Made his NHL debut for the Flyers, whose three-game winning streak ended.
Late in the first, Wilson’s shot from the slot made it 1–0 in his 900th career NHL game. A few minutes later, Ovechkin cashed in. matt royCross-crease feed to extend Washington’s lead to 2–0.
The Flyers fought back to open the scoring of the evening on a point shot from Sanheim and a layup from Grundstrom, the second in a span of 4:36 minutes. However, it didn’t take long for Washington to respond, as Chykrun’s one-timer on the power play made the score 3–2. Leonard later scored another goal on the power-play to put the Capitals back up by two points.
While Dvorak pulled things to 4-3 to start the third, Ovechkin took the lead and buried a one-timer to restore the two-goal lead with his 928th career goal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
