Alexander Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals who holds the National Hockey League record for career regular season goals and is the only player to have scored 900 regular season goals. He has won the Maurice Richard Trophy as the leagues leading goal scorer a record nine times, the Hart Memorial Trophy as most valuable player three times, and helped the Capitals win their first Stanley Cup in 2018, when he was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff most valuable player. In 2017 he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players of all time.
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Career HighlightNHL's all-time leading regular season goal scorer and the only player to reach 900 career regular season goals; won the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals in 2018. 1 Classification
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How many goals did Alexander Ovechkin score in his best single season?
65 goals in 2007-08.
His highest single-season goal total was 65, scored in 82 games in 2007-08, when he was 22 and playing for the Washington Capitals. That season he also recorded 47 assists for 112 points, according to the Hockey-Reference career table.
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Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Алексaндр Михайлович Овечкин, romanized: Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Алексaндр Михайлович Овечкин, romanized: Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Ovechkin has scored the most career goals in NHL regular season history, and is the only player in NHL history to have scored 900 regular season goals.
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Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Алексaндр Михайлович Овечкин, romanized: Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (Russian: Алексaндр Михайлович Овечкин, romanized: Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, pronounced [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn]; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NH
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In 2018, the Capitals won the Stanley Cup for the first time, and Ovechkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy for most valuable player in the 2018 playoffs.
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