For 23rd Time, Alex Ovechkin Is NHL’s First Star of the Week
Sidney Crosby Is Third Star of the Week
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has been named the NHL’s First Star for the week ending Nov. 3.
This is the 23rd time in his career that Ovi was named first star of the week. He was also named second star of the week five times and third star six times. Check out all of the data here.
Martin Necas of the Hurricanes was the No. 2 star of the week, and Sidney Crosby or the Penguins was the third star of the week.
Ovechkin scored a five goals in four games, with four assists and a +7 rating. He had three straight multi-point games from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 and back-to-back three-point performances on Oct. 31 and Nov. 2. Ovechkin became just the fourth different player age 39 or older to post consecutive three-point outings, joining Jean Ratelle (2 GP in 1980-81 & 1979-80), Gordie Howe (2 GP in 1968-69) and Tim Horton (2 GP in 1968-69).
Ovechkin also scored his 860th career goal and is 35 goals shy of passing Wayne Gretzky for first on the NHL’s all-time goals list.
Ovechkin has recorded 14 points (7g, 7a) in 11 games this season, the most points he has recorded through the first 11 games of a season since 2021-22 (10g-8a–18p in 11 GP). Ovechkin enters this week riding four-game goal and point streaks (5g-4a–9p in 4 GP). Ovechkin’s current four-game goal streak marks his longest since March 16-24, 2024, when he was last named the NHL’s First Star of the Week.
