Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
March 12, 2018 - By the 2017-18 season Alex Ovechkin had entered the stage of his career where every season he was on the verge of some major milestone or record. His two previous seasons saw him reach the 500-goal and 1,000-point milestones, and entering his 13th season in the league he sat 42 goals short of 600. Late in the season with the playoff race heating up, the Caps faced off against the 5th-place Winnipeg Jets. While the Jets' 4th-ranked defense might have been an obstacle for most players, for Ovechkin it couldn't be a better opponent to face as there is no franchise that the Great 8 has scored more against. Early in the second period, Ovechkin tallied his second of the night to become the 20th player in NHL history to join the ultra-elite 600-goal club. Doing so in just his 990th game, he became one of just four players to reach the milestone in less than 1,000 games (Gretzky, Lemieux, Brett Hull). The night was capped off with an overtime winner from Evgeny Kuznetsov to pick up two huge points in the race for the division crown, but it was Ovechkin who stole the show once again.
- 1st Period -
0:00 - Puck drop
0:33 - Shot
0:44 - Goal 1
1:44 - Chance
1:54 - Shot
- 2nd Period -
2:04 - Goal 2, 600th career goal
4:53 - Chance
- 3rd Period -
5:31 - Chance at end of regulation
- Overtime -
6:01 - Evgeny Kuznetsov game winner
6:56 - Post-game interview with Al Koken
More classic Ovechkin games - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8bFa0t7qpQfBYEXybnEr9NbAqFcPyyq
March 12, 2018 - By the 2017-18 season Alex Ovechkin had entered the stage of his career where every season he was on the verge of some major milestone or record. His two previous seasons saw him reach the 500-goal and 1,000-point milestones, and entering his 13th season in the league he sat 42 goals short of 600. Late in the season with the playoff race heating up, the Caps faced off against the 5th-place Winnipeg Jets. While the Jets' 4th-ranked defense might have been an obstacle for most players, for Ovechkin it couldn't be a better opponent to face as there is no franchise that the Great 8 has scored more against. Early in the second period, Ovechkin tallied his second of the night to become the 20th player in NHL history to join the ultra-elite 600-goal club. Doing so in just his 990th game, he became one of just four players to reach the milestone in less than 1,000 games (Gretzky, Lemieux, Brett Hull). The night was capped off with an overtime winner from Evgeny Kuznetsov to pick up two huge points in the race for the division crown, but it was Ovechkin who stole the show once again.
- 1st Period -
0:00 - Puck drop
0:33 - Shot
0:44 - Goal 1
1:44 - Chance
1:54 - Shot
- 2nd Period -
2:04 - Goal 2, 600th career goal
4:53 - Chance
- 3rd Period -
5:31 - Chance at end of regulation
- Overtime -
6:01 - Evgeny Kuznetsov game winner
6:56 - Post-game interview with Al Koken
More classic Ovechkin games - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8bFa0t7qpQfBYEXybnEr9NbAqFcPyyq
