Games Alex Ovechkin Has Missed
Updated: 4/12/2025
Alex Ovechkin has missed 76 games in his career. The Caps are 36-35-5 in those games.
Interesting info about the games he missed:
- 51 games to injury
- 7 games for on-ice disciplinary reasons (3 suspensions total)
- 6 games for family/personal reasons
- 6 games due to COVID protocol (including 2 in 2022)
- 3 games suspended for skipping the All-Star game
- 1 game for oversleeping – punished by the team
- 1 game because the regulars sat for a meaningless Game 82
- Aside from these regular season games, he has missed five All-Star games: 2012 (suspended), 2016 (injured), 2019 (rested), 2020 (rested), and 2022 (COVID).
- He hasn’t missed any playoff games
Here are those games:
| Date | Season | Opp | Score | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-12 | 2024-2025 | at CBJ | L, 7-0 | Rested |
| 2024-12-23 | 2024-2025 | at BOS | L, 4-1 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-22 | 2024-2025 | LAK | W, 3-1 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-20 | 2024-2025 | CAR | W, 3-1 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-17 | 2024-2025 | at CHI | L, 3-2 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-16 | 2024-2025 | at DAL | L, 3-1 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-14 | 2024-2025 | BUF | W, 4-2 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-12 | 2024-2025 | at CBJ | W, 2-1 (OT) | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-07 | 2024-2025 | at MTL | W, 4-2 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-06 | 2024-2025 | at TOR | W, 2-1 | Leg injury |
| 2024-12-03 | 2024-2025 | SJS | L, 1-2 (OT) | Leg injury |
| 2024-11-30 | 2024-2025 | NJD | W, 6-5 | Leg injury |
| 2024-11-29 | 2024-2025 | NYI | W, 5-4 (OT) | Leg injury |
| 2024-11-27 | 2024-2025 | at TBL | W, 5-4 | Leg injury |
| 2024-11-25 | 2024-2025 | at FLA | W, 4-1 | Leg injury |
| 2024-11-23 | 2024-2025 | NJD | L, 3-2 | Leg injury |
| 2024-11-21 | 2024-2025 | COL | L, 1-2 | Leg injury |
| 2024-01-16 | 2023-2024 | ANA | W, 2-0 | Lower body injury |
| 2024-01-14 | 2023-2024 | at NYR | L, 2-1 | Lower body injury |
| 2024-01-13 | 2023-2024 | NYR | W, 3-2 | Lower body injury |
| 2023-04-11 | 2022-2023 | at BOS | L, 5-2 | Upper body injury |
| 2023-04-10 | 2022-2023 | NYI | W, 5-2 | Upper body injury |
| 2023-04-08 | 2022-2023 | FLA | L, 4-2 | Upper body injury |
| 2023-03-14 | 2022-2023 | at NYR | L, 3-5 | Lower body injury |
| 2023-02-21 | 2022-2023 | DET | L, 1-3 | Family reasons - death of father |
| 2023-02-18 | 2022-2023 | at CAR | L, 1-4 | Family reasons - death of father |
| 2023-02-16 | 2022-2023 | FLA | L, 3-6 | Family reasons - death of father |
| 2023-02-14 | 2022-2023 | CAR | L, 2-3 | Family reasons - death of father |
| 2023-01-21 | 2022-2023 | at VGK | L, 2-6 | Lower body injury |
| 2022-04-29 | 2021-2022 | at NYR | L, 2-3 | Upper body injury |
| 2022-04-28 | 2021-2022 | at NYI | L, 1-5 | Upper body injury |
| 2022-04-26 | 2021-2022 | NYI | L, 1-4 | Upper body injury |
| 2022-02-10 | 2021-2022 | at MON | W, 5-2 | Not allowed into Canada because of Covid. |
| 2022-02-02 | 2021-2022 | EDM | L, 3-5 | Covid |
| 2021-05-08 | 2020-2021 | PHI | W, 2-1 (OT) | Lower body injury |
| 2021-05-07 | 2020-2021 | PHI | L, 2-4 | Lower body injury |
| 2021-05-05 | 2020-2021 | at NYR | W, 4-2 | Injury. Played only one shift the previous game. |
| 2021-05-01 | 2020-2021 | PIT | L, 0-3 | Injury - lower body |
| 2021-04-29 | 2020-2021 | PIT | L, 4-5 (OT) | Injury - lower body |
| 2021-04-27 | 2020-2021 | NYI | W, 1-0 | Injury - lower body |
| 2021-04-24 | 2020-2021 | at NYI | W, 6-3 | Injury - lower body |
| 2021-01-28 | 2020-2021 | NYI | W, 6-3 | Covid protocol |
| 2021-01-26 | 2020-2021 | NYI | W, 3-2 | Covid protocol |
| 2021-01-24 | 2020-2021 | BUF | L, 3-4 (SO) | Covid protocol |
| 2021-01-22 | 2020-2021 | BUF | W, 4-3 (SO) | Covid protocol |
| 2020-01-27 | 2019-2020 | at MON | W, 4-2 | Suspended for skipping the All-Star game |
| 2019-02-01 | 2018-2019 | CAL | W, 4-3 | Suspended for skipping the All-Star game |
| 2016-04-10 | 2015-2016 | ANA | L, 0-2 | Caps sat regulars in Game 82 |
| 2016-02-02 | 2015-2016 | FLA | L, 2-5 | Suspended for skipping the All-Star game |
| 2015-10-13 | 2015-2016 | SJS | L, 0-5 | Team suspension for oversleeping for a practice |
| 2015-03-05 | 2014-2015 | MIN | L, 1-2 | Injury – lower body |
| 2014-01-24 | 2013-2014 | at NJD | L, 1-2 | Injury – lower body |
| 2014-01-21 | 2013-2014 | OTT | L, 0-2 | Injury – lower body |
| 2013-11-02 | 2013-2014 | FLA | W , 3-2 (SO) | Injury – shoulder |
| 2013-11-01 | 2013-2014 | at PHI | W, 7-0 | Injury – shoulder |
| 2012-02-22 | 2011-2012 | at OTT | L, 2-5 | Injury – lower body |
| 2012-02-01 | 2011-2012 | at FLA | L, 2-4 | Suspended for hit on Zbynek Michalek |
| 2012-01-31 | 2011-2012 | at TML | L, 3-4 (OT) | Suspended for hit on Zbynek Michalek |
| 2012-01-24 | 2011-2012 | BOS | W, 5-3 | Suspended for hit on Zbynek Michalek |
| 2011-03-26 | 2010-2011 | at MTL | W, 2-0 | Undisclosed nagging injury |
| 2011-03-25 | 2010-2011 | at OTT | L, 0-2 | Undisclosed nagging injury |
| 2011-03-22 | 2010-2011 | at PHI | W, 5-4 (SO) | Undisclosed nagging injury |
| 2010-03-18 | 2009-2010 | at CAR | L, 3-4 (OT) | Suspended 2 games for hit on Brian Campbell |
| 2010-03-16 | 2009-2010 | at FLA | W, 7-3 | Suspended 2 games for hit on Brian Campbell |
| 2009-12-05 | 2009-2010 | at PHI | W, 8-2 | Suspended 2 games for hit on Tim Gleason |
| 2009-12-03 | 2009-2010 | FLA | W, 6-2 | Suspended 2 games for hit on Tim Gleason |
| 2009-11-14 | 2009-2010 | at NJD | L, 2-5 | Injury after shoving match |
| 2009-11-13 | 2009-2010 | MIN | W, 3-1 | Injury after shoving match |
| 2009-11-11 | 2009-2010 | NYI | W, 5-4 (SO) | Injury after shoving match |
| 2009-11-07 | 2009-2010 | FLA | W, 7-4 | Injury after shoving match |
| 2009-11-06 | 2009-2010 | at FLA | W, 4-1 | Injury after shoving match |
| 2009-11-04 | 2009-2010 | NJD | L, 2-3 | Injury after shoving match |
| 2009-03-05 | 2008-2009 | TOR | L, 1-2 | Injury – bruised heel in practice by a slap shot by assistant coach Dean Evason |
| 2008-11-01 | 2008-2009 | at BUF | L, 0-5 | Personal reasons – ailing grandfather in Russia |
| 2008-10-28 | 2008-2009 | NSH | W, 4-3 | Personal reasons – ailing grandfather in Russia |
| 2006-01-31 | 2005-2006 | at NYI | L, 3-5 | Injury – mild groin muscle issue |