We don’t know whether this will be Alex Ovechkin’s final season as a Washington Capital or not, but there’s never a bad time to reflect back on two decades of being treated to this amazing talent. So each game day throughout the 2025-26 season, we’re going to be picking an Ovechkin moment to remember against that day’s opponent as we look back at an incredible career.
By Alex Ovechkin’s fourth NHL season, there were still a few teams he hadn’t yet scored on – and one of those was the Los Angeles Kings. That drought would end in early February of the 2008-09 season when the Kings visited Washington.