Alex Ovechkin’s remaining schedule: Can he pass Wayne Gretzky?
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, who wears No. 8, needs eight goals in the team’s final 15 regular season games to break Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894 career goals.
That’s a pace of 0.53 goals a game and he has been clicking at a 0.58 rate since he returned on Dec. 28 from a fractured left fibula.
Ovechkin scored once during a three-game California swing. The Capitals will start a three-game homestand on Tuesday, then play eight of their final 12 games on the road.
Washington will play the Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders and Columbus Blue Jackets twice.
Here’s a look at Ovechkin’s remaining 2024-25 schedule, how he fared against those teams, which games are on national television and how to stream (all times p.m. ET; television as of March 17):
Washington Capitals schedule
March 18 vs. Detroit Red Wings, 7
Streaming: ESPN+
Ovechkin career goals: 25 goals in 37 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in two games
March 20 vs. Philadelphia Flyers, 7
Streaming: ESPN+
Ovechkin career goals: 51 goals in 77 games
Ovechkin season goals: Two goals in three games
March 22 vs. Florida Panthers, 5
Streaming: ESPN+
Ovechkin career goals: 45 goals in 73 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in one game
March 25 at Winnipeg Jets, 8
Streaming: ESPN+
Ovechkin career goals: 56 goals in 74 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in one game
March 27 at Minnesota Wild, 7:30
Streaming: ESPN+ | Disney+ | Hulu
Ovechkin career goals: 20 goals in 24 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in one game
March 30 vs. Buffalo Sabres, 3
Streaming: ESPN+
Ovechkin career goals: 41 goals in 66 games
Ovechkin season goals: No goals in one game
April 1 at Boston Bruins, 7
Ovechkin career goals: 29 goals in 68 games
Ovechkin season goals: No goals in one game
April 2 at Carolina Hurricanes, 7
Ovechkin career goals: 51 goals in 91 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in one game
April 4 vs. Chicago Blackhawks, 7
Ovechkin career goals: 15 goals in 25 games
Ovechkin season goals: Missed earlier game with injury
April 6 at New York Islanders, 12:30
National TV: TNT, truTV
Streaming: Sling | Max | ESPN+
Ovechkin career goals: 44 goals in 71 games
Ovechkin season goals: Missed earlier game with injury
April 10 vs. Carolina Hurricanes, 7:30
Streaming: ESPN+ | Disney+ | Hulu
Ovechkin career goals: 51 goals in 91 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in one game
April 12 at Columbus Blue Jackets, 6
National TV: ABC
Streaming: Fubo | Sling | ESPN+
Ovechkin career goals: 26 goals in 49 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in one game
Note: Ovechkin scored twice in his NHL debut in 2005 against the Blue Jackets
April 13 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets, 8
Ovechkin career goals: 26 goals in 49 games
Ovechkin season goals: One goal in one game
April 15 at New York Islanders, 7
National TV: ESPN
Streaming: Fubo | Sling
Ovechkin career goals: 44 goals in 71 games
Ovechkin season goals: Missed game with injury
April 17 at Pittsburgh Penguins
National TV: ESPN
Streaming: Fubo | Sling
Ovechkin career goals: 42 goals in 79 games
Ovechkin season goals: No goals in three games
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