Alex Ovechkin is near the rare NHL Milestone in 2025-26 Seasons
Left wing CAPITALS FOR WASHINGTON Alex Ovechkinis on the edge of adding another turning point in his examined NHL career. After exceeding Wayne Gretzki’s All Time goals written last season, Ovechkin will start 2025-26 campaigns Nine games further from 23. player in NHL history to reach 1,500 career games with the capital.
His way to this achievement was postponed after the fracture of the legs on the side for 16 games during the 2024-25 season. In spite of a series, Ovechkin has clarified that the chase of personal milestones was part of his professional journey.
“Just get used to it, you’re ready for it, it’s clear that playing 1,500 matches for one team is worth a lot. Very few players played so much, so this figure will be very important for me.” Ovechkin said, according to the Russian machine, never interrupts.
Ovechkin is currently ranking 17. All the time NHL forwards in games in games and is set to become 16. Forward to reach 1,500 game marks. There is no active advanced range in front of him, with Anse Copitar following in line 1,454 games. Among all the active NHL players, only Brent Burns beered with 1,487 matches, and burns are expected to first reach a turning point after signing with Colorado avalanches.
Ovechkin wanted to reach 1,500 career games for a long time, calling it with one of his personal goals after he set up the NHL Goal record. In previous statements, he pointed out a special meaning of hitting which, especially as a player with the most NHL games born by the Russian birth. Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin remain the only active stars with a career stretching one team.
When it reaches a turning point, Ovechkin will join the Jaromir Gagrica, Zdeno Chari and Nyclas Lidstrom as the only European players with over 1,500 career games. If you play at least 59 games next season, will enter NHLs all the time Top 10 for games that are playing, with the potential to climb the ninth place. The 2025-26 season also marks the final year of its current contract with Washington, Although Ovechkin did not turn off to expand his career.
2025-07-20 01:59:00
