Games Alex Ovechkin Has Missed

Updated: 1/16/2024

Alex Ovechkin has missed only 59 games in his career. The Caps are 26-29-4 in those games.

Interesting info about the games he missed:

  • 35 games to injury (6 of which were due to a scrap with Columbus’s Jason Chimera in 2009)
  • 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:

DateSeasonOppScoreReason
2024-01-162023-2024ANA@, 2-0Lower body injury
2024-01-142023-2024at NYRL, 2-1Lower body injury
2024-01-132023-2024NYRW, 3-2Lower body injury
2023-04-112022-2023at BOSL, 5-2Upper body injury
2023-04-102022-2023NYIW, 5-2Upper body injury
2023-04-082022-2023FLAL, 4-2Upper body injury
2023-03-142022-2023at NYRL, 5-3Lower body
2023-02-202022-2023DETL, 1-3Family reasons - death of father
2023-02-182022-2023at CARL, 1-4Family reasons - death of father
2023-02-162022-2023FLAL, 3-6Family reasons - death of father
2023-02-142022-2023CARL, 2-3Family reasons - death of father
2023-01-212022-2023at VGKL, 2-6Lower body injury
2022-04-292021-2022at NYRL, 2-3Upper body injury
2022-04-282021-2022at NYIL, 1-5Upper body injury
2022-04-262021-2022NYIL, 1-4Upper body injury
2022-02-102021-2022at MONW, 5-2Not allowed into Canada because of Covid.
2022-02-022021-2022EDML, 3-5Covid
2021-05-082020-2021PHIW, 2-1Injury - lower body
2021-05-072020-2021PHIL, 2-4Injury - lower body
2021-05-052020-2021at NYRW, 4-2Injury. Played only one shift the previous game.
2021-05-012020-2021PITL, 0-3Injury - lower body
2021-04-292020-2021PITL, 4-5 (OT)Injury - lower body
2021-04-272020-2021NYIW, 1-0Injury - lower body
2021-04-242020-2021at NYIW, 6-3Injury - lower body
2021-01-282020-2021NYIW, 6-3Covid protocol
2021-01-262020-2021NYIW, 3-2Covid protocol
2021-01-242020-2021BUFL, 3-4 (SO)Covid protocol
2021-01-222020-2021BUFW, 4-3 (SO)Covid protocol
2020-01-272019-2020at MONW, 4-2Suspended for skipping the All-Star game
2019-02-012018-2019CALW, 4-3Suspended for skipping the All-Star game
2016-04-102015-2016ANAL, 0-2Caps sat regulars in Game 82
2016-02-022015-2016FLAL, 2-5Suspended for skipping the All-Star game
2015-10-132015-2016SJSL, 0-5Team suspension for oversleeping for a practice
2015-03-052014-2015MINL, 1-2Injury – lower body
2014-01-242013-2014at NJDL, 1-2Injury – lower body
2014-01-212013-2014OTTL, 0-2Injury – lower body
2013-11-022013-2014FLAW , 3-2 (SO)Injury – shoulder
2013-11-012013-2014at PHIW, 7-0Injury – shoulder
2012-02-222011-2012at OTTL, 2-5Injury – lower body
2012-02-012011-2012at FLAL, 2-4Suspended for hit on Zbynek Michalek
2012-01-312011-2012at TMLL, 3-4 (OT)Suspended for hit on Zbynek Michalek
2012-01-242011-2012BOSW, 5-3Suspended for hit on Zbynek Michalek
2011-03-262010-2011at MTLW, 2-0Undisclosed nagging injury
2011-03-252010-2011at OTTL, 0-2Undisclosed nagging injury
2011-03-222010-2011at PHIW, 5-4 (SO)Undisclosed nagging injury
2010-03-182009-2010at CARL, 3-4 (OT)Suspended 2 games for hit on Brian Campbell
2010-03-162009-2010at FLAW, 7-3Suspended 2 games for hit on Brian Campbell
2009-12-052009-2010at PHIW, 8-2Suspended 2 games for hit on Tim Gleason
2009-12-032009-2010FLAW, 6-2Suspended 2 games for hit on Tim Gleason
2009-11-142009-2010at NJDL, 2-5Injury after shoving match with Columbus's Jason Chimera
2009-11-132009-2010MINW, 3-1Injury after shoving match with Columbus's Jason Chimera
2009-11-112009-2010NYIW, 5-4 (SO)Injury after shoving match with Columbus's Jason Chimera
2009-11-072009-2010FLAW, 7-4Injury after shoving match with Columbus's Jason Chimera
2009-11-062009-2010at FLAW, 4-1Injury after shoving match with Columbus's Jason Chimera
2009-11-042009-2010NJDL, 2-3Injury after shoving match with Columbus's Jason Chimera
2009-03-052008-2009TORL, 1-2Injury – bruised heel on foot – struck in practice by a slap shot from of assistant coach Dean Evason
2008-11-012008-2009at BUFL, 0-5Personal reasons – ailing grandfather in Russia
2008-10-282008-2009NSHW, 4-3Personal reasons – ailing grandfather in Russia
2006-01-312005-2006at NYIL, 3-5Injury – mild groin muscle issue
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