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Gr8 Memories: Power Play Pioneer

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.

Throughout his career, Alex Ovechkin has been absolutely money on the power play (…until recently but let’s not really talk about that, okay? Happy thoughts only…) – and by the 2013-14 season, Ovechkin was one of just three players in franchise history to have scored at least 20 power-play goals in a single season.