Ovechkin is 3rd player with 19 straight 20-goal seasons
Alex Ovechkin scored his 20th and 21st goals of the season on Monday against the Calgary Flames, reaching the 20-goal mark for the 19th consecutive campaign.
It’s 19 consecutive 20-goal seasons for Ovi! 🥳 pic.twitter.com/7pT0YolOVW
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 19, 2024
Ovechkin joined Gordie Howe and Brendan Shanahan as the only players in NHL history to accomplish the feat. Howe did it in a record 22 consecutive seasons, but Ovechkin is the only one to do it from the beginning of his career.
Ovi's 19th (‼️) consecutive 20-goal campaign sees him join a list of just three players to ever achieve the feat. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/JdrAvABQJi
— NHL (@NHL) March 19, 2024
The Great Eight notched his second of the contest in vintage fashion for career goal No. 843. He's now 51 goals back of tying Wayne Gretzky's all-time record.
Alex Ovechkin rips one home from his spot for his second goal of the period, #843 of his career!#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/lXHfStk039
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) March 19, 2024
Both goals came against Flames rookie Dustin Wolf, who's the 174th goalie Ovi has scored on. Only Jaromir Jagr (178) and Patrick Marleau (177) have scored against more netminders.
A relatively clean bill of health has played a major role in Ovechkin's streak, as he's never missed more than 10 games in a season. His streak also survived three different shortened campaigns as a result of the lockout (2012-13) and the pandemic (2019-20 and 2020-21).