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 the 2008-09 season, Alex Ovechkin had already hit 50 goals twice in his first three seasons (and fell just four goals short in 2006-07) – so hitting that mark wasn’t anything new to the Caps’ phenom.