Alexander Ovechkin Forum

Alex Ovechkin will have turned 39 years of age by the start of 2024-25 NHL season.

At 853 regular season career goals, he is 32 away from passing Wayne Gretzky and setting a new record in the league.

Though he has appeared in at least 73 games in each of the last three full seasons, his goal output has slightly decreased (50, 42, 31).

Last year he put up the lowest amount of shots in a season that wasn’t shortened due to strike or pandemic.

Alex has two years remaining on his current 5-year extension. Will next season be the one in which another major sports record will be eclipsed?

Plus if Ovechkin gets 1,266 assists next year, he'll tie Gretzky there too!

Gretzky's stats are astounding.  Despite an incredible career, Ovechkin is only just over halfway to Gretzky's career points record.

Yes if he can stay healthy he should be able to pass the NHL goal scoring record. If not next season, the one after that. 

I hope he will be unable to pass Gordie Howe's record of 975 pro major league (NHL = 801 ; WHA = 174) goal total though. Even if you include his goals from the lockout/strike season when he went back to Russia (KHL). But never say never,  and records were made to be broken.  

He'll pull a Jagr and never really retire.

Jagr's going to die in a rink. And I don't mean that in a bad way.

He's 42 away from the record, not 32, but that should be doable in the 2025 calendar year if not the 2024-25 season.

I think Gretzky's total points record is still pretty safe, though. Connor McDavid has averaged 136 points over the last three seasons (123, 153, and 132). He would need to continue averaging 136 points per season for another 14 years (past his 41st birthday) to catch Gretzky.