Congratulations, Alex Ovechkin, on 500 Career Assists

I PASS!!!! BEST :)))))))))))))))))))))

Alex Ovechkin notched his 500th career assist on Thursday, becoming only the second Washington Capitals player to do so after longtime center, Nicklas Backstrom.

Ovechkin’s assist totals were very high earlier in his career, as he averaged about 52 a season in his first six seasons. His career low in a season was a puzzling 21 in 2015-16, but he’s rebounded since then.

Ovechkin will always be known first and foremost as a goal scorer, the best of this generation of players. With each passing year and with his goal totals remaining consistently among tops in the league, his passing skills will mainly be remembered from his assist totals, not from too many…