Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin has the most productive start of the season in his entire league career.
In the NHL regular season match with Florida (4: 5), the captain of the Capitals scored three (1 + 2) points
In total, from the start of the 2021/22 season, the 36-year-old Russian played 10 matches and scored 18 (10 + 8) points, this is his best start in the league in 17 seasons.
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At the age of 36 and older, only Mario Lemieux (season 2002/03, 23 points in 10 games) and Maurice Richard (season 1957/58, 19 points in 10 games) gave a better start to the season.
In total, Ovechkin has 740 goals in the NHL, one goal behind Brett Hull, who is the 4th regular league sniper in history.
- Washington lost to Florida, Ovechkin was left with one puck to the top 4 snipers in the entire history of the NHL