

22, 2020, joining Wayne Gretzky (894), Gordie Howe (801), Jaromir Jagr (766), Hull (741), Marcel Dionne (731), Phil Esposito (717) and Mike Gartner (708) to score 700 in the NHL. Ovechkin scored his 700th NHL goal during Washington's 3-2 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 12 Ovechkin also won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after helping the Capitals win the Stanley Cup in 2018, and he won the Maurice Richard Trophy as the League's top goal scorer for the ninth time in 2019-20. 742 for the Capitals against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Nov. He passed Brett Hull for fourth when he scored No. 600 on March 12, 2018, and became the eighth player to score 700 goals on Feb. 10, 2016, becoming the 43rd player in NHL history to do so, got No.

His 65 goals in 2007-08 are the most by any player in the 21st century, and he reached the 50-goal mark for the eighth time, the most among active players, when he scored 51 in 2018-19.

Ovechkin was the first player taken in the 2004 NHL Draft and made an immediate impact in his first season with 52 goals and 106 points in 2005-06, winning the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie.
