Ovechkin

After a historic month, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has been named the NHL's first star of December.

In the least surprising news of late, the NHL named Washington's captain Alex Ovechkin was named the NHL's First Star for the month of December.

Ovechkin also passed Ray Bourque for the most shots in NHL history at 6,209. He was also named the NHL’s star of the week in two consecutive weeks, plus two hat tricks. 23 against Winnipeg, which tied and passed Gordie Howe with 801 and 802 goals for the second most in NHL history.

In December, the Capitals' captain scored 13 goals and tallied nine assists. His 22 assists were the most of any Washington player and tied for second in the ...

In 39 games this season, the Russian winger has scored 26 goals — a 54-goal pace. In December, the Capitals’ captain scored 13 goals and tallied nine assists. But the main reason he was awarded the first star was for passing the great Gordie Howe for No.

Ovechkin recorded 22 points (13g, 9a) in 15 games, which led the Capitals and ranked tied for second in the NHL. Ovechkin recorded a point in 11 of Washington's ...

In addition, Ovechkin would pass Gretzky (12) for the most 40-goal seasons in NHL history and tie Mike Gartner (17) for the most 30-goal seasons in NHL history. Ovechkin was twice named First Star of the Week in December (for the week ending Dec. Should Ovechkin reach the 50-goal mark, it would mark his 10th career 50-goal season, passing Gretzky and Mike Bossy (9) for the most in NHL history. In addition to scoring his 800th career goal and continuing his climb up the NHL's all-time goals list, Ovechkin also passed Ray Bourque (6,209) for the most shots in NHL history (Dec. Ovechkin recorded 22 points (13g, 9a) in 15 games, which led the Capitals and ranked tied for second in the NHL. 25), the 20th and 21st time he was named the NHL's First Star of the Week.

L'ailier gauche des Capitals de Washington Alex Ovechkin, le centre des Oilers d'Edmonton Connor McDavid et le centre des Sabres de Buffalo Tage Thompson ...

Il est devenu le premier joueur de la LNH à récolter au moins 30 points en un mois depuis que les coéquipiers du Lightning de Tampa Bay Steven Stamkos (33 points) et Nikita Kucherov (31 points) en avril 2022. Il a aussi fait mouche à sept occasions en avantage numérique, un sommet dans le circuit. L'attaquant a noirci la feuille de pointage neuf fois en 11 parties, et a trouvé le fond du filet dans huit rencontres. Grâce aux exploits d'Ovechkin, les Capitals (21-13-5, 47 points) ont compilé un dossier de 11-2-2 au cours du dernier mois pour grimper au troisième rang de la section Métropolitaine. Au cours de cette partie, Thompson a égalé le record de la LNH, pour le nombre de buts en une période, et a établi des marques d'équipe pour les buts et les points en une période. McDavid a terminé au premier rang ou à égalité au premier rang de la ligue pour les buts (14), les passes (17), les points (31), les mentions d'aide en avantage numérique (12) et les points en avantage (18) en 15 parties pour aider les Oilers (20-16-2, 42 points) à présenter un dossier de 7-6-2 en décembre.

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid and Buffalo Sabres center Tage Thompson have been named the NHL's "Three ...

The 25-year-old McDavid, who became the fastest NHL player in 27 years to reach the 70-point milestone, currently paces the League in goals (32), assists (t-40), points (72), power-play goals (14), power-play assists (23) and power-play points (37) through 38 total appearances this season. McDavid led the League in goals (14), assists (t-17), points (31), power-play assists (t-12) and power-play points (18) across 15 contests (14-17-31) to propel the Oilers (20-16-2, 42 points) to a 7-6-2 December. ARI (2-2-4) and Dec. MTL (2-2-4), Dec. Ovechkin, who also ranked second in shots on goal (71), third in points (22) and tied for third in plus/minus (+12) during December, collected points in 11 of his 15 appearances. Ovechkin tied for second in the NHL with 13 tallies in 15 games (13-9-22), highlighted by his 801st and 802nd career goals on Dec.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin was been named the NHL First Star of the Month after making history in December.

Saturday's 9-2 victory marked the 19th time the Caps have run a team out of the building by a score of at least 7-2 during the Alex Ovechkin era.

Twice he was held pointless, and two other times, he wasn’t even in the lineup. Only once, in a 10-2 win against Boston did he truly feast, as he put up three goals and two assists. Note that I’m arbitrarily picking 7 since it’s a touchdown, though 6-1 and 5-0 victories are just as dominant.