(Caps Outsider)
With two goals on Friday, Alex Ovechkin passed Mark Messier for eighth place on the all-time goals list, with his 695th goal of his career.
While scoring 700 will be Ovechkin’s next major milestone, he won’t be moving up the all-time goals list until he passes former Cap Mike Gartner, who has 708 career goals.
It was also the first time in his career that Ovechkin scored 11 goals in a five-game stretch, including two hat-tricks. The best part of Ovechkin scoring his 695th goal – an empty netter in a 5-3 win – was that Senators fans were chanting his name.
Ovechkin also tied Boston’s David Pastrnak with 37 goals on the season, as he goes for his ninth Rocket Richard trophy.
An ENG for the #Gr8 gets him No. 695! pic.twitter.com/XbzddgQb0I
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 1, 2020
.@ovi8 scoring never gets old pic.twitter.com/sypVAuc1xM
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) February 1, 2020
