Maybe you thought this was going to be the year. The one where Alex Ovechkin’s production would finally slow down. It’s his fifteenth season in the League after all, and he’s a ripe (by NHL standards) 34 years of age. Well, you’d be wrong. Wrong again, most likely. Through fourteen games played in the 2019-2020 campaign, it appears that The Great Eight is simply authoring another installment in the encyclopedia of his being the exception instead of the rule.
He’s tied for second in the League in goals, has sole ownership of both shots and shot attempts, and is doing it with an allotment of ice time which he hasn’t seen since Bruce Boudreau was behind the bench.