We don’t know whether this will be Alex Ovechkin’s final season as a Washington Capital or not, but there’s never a bad time to reflect back on two decades of being treated to this amazing talent. So each game day throughout the 2025-26 season, we’re going to be picking an Ovechkin moment to remember against that day’s opponent!
#1600 – March 9, 2025
Alex Ovechkin doesn’t have the storied history against the Kraken that he might against a team like, say, the Rangers or the Penguins. Seattle is just a baby as far as NHL teams go, joining the league back in 2021-22.
Yet somehow they’ve still managed to land on the list of teams victimized by Ovechkin’s seemingly endless milestones (although to be fair, basically every team has landed on that list).
At the tail end of his record chase last spring, Ovechkin hit the ice against the Kraken just 10 goals away from Gretzky – but more importantly, on this night, just one point away from 1600. If he got there, he’d become just the 11th player in NHL history to hit that mark and, obviously, the first Washington Capital.
And all it took was an empty-netter…