2020-21 Rink Wrap: Alex Ovechkin

Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Stats:

Regular Season

Playoffs

The Charts:

via Evolving-Hockey via HockeyViz The Key Stat: For the sixteenth-consecutive season, Ovechkin was the Caps’ leading goal-scorer, but failed to reach 30 tallies for the first time in his career (though it is of course worth mentioning that his 24 in 56 team games pro-rates to 35 over a full season). Or maybe The Key Stat is that his 730 career regular-season goals now ranks sixth all-time, 164 behind Wayne Gretzky at the top of the list.

The Good: The Caps’ captain scored some goals (albeit at the fourth-lowest rate of his career), added some assists, won some games for the good guys, and continued his…