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Alex Ovechkin
Left Wing #8 Capitals $9.500M
Player Information

Alex Ovechkin has 48 points (22 goals, 26 assists) in 59 games for the Washington Capitals this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 1) of the 2004 NHL Draft by the Washington Capitals, he has 1671 points (919 goals, 752 assists) in 1550 regular-season games for the Washington Capitals.

He also has 147 points (77 goals, 70 assists) in 161 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagRUS
    Age: 40.4 yrs (17.09.1985)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 107 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 1st in 2004
    Draft Team: Team logoWashington Capitals
    Awards: Calder Memorial Trophy (1x) Art Ross Trophy (1x) Hart Memorial Trophy (3x) Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy (9x) Ted Lindsay Award (3x) Stanley Cup (1x) Conn Smythe Trophy (1x) Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award (1x)
    Recognitions: Top100 Badge
Player Evaluation

The 40-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Capitals controlling 62% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Alex Ovechkin is off the ice, the Capitals control 45% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 68% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 0% in the defensive zone.

  • 81

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 16th of 253 Wings
    Defense:Def: 135th of 253 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.18
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.62
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    17.99
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.33
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.15
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.30
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.39
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.70
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.31
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.30
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.68
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.62
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.83
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.61
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.49
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.61
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.36
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    3.03
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.00
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $9.500M
Player Contract Value: $8.500M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 41.8 yrs (17.09.1985)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 1 1 1 16:00 4 0.0% 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 0 18:25 3 0.0% 0
02.02.2026 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 1 1 2 17:15 2 0.0% 0
03.02.2026 Team Logo Flyers 1 0 0 0 -2 15:34 4 0.0% 2
05.02.2026 Team Logo Predators 1 0 1 1 0 13:15 2 0.0% 2
Total 5 0 3 3 1 15 0.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2005-06 Team Logo Capitals 81 52 54 106 2 21:37 425 12.2% 52
2006-07 Team Logo Capitals 82 46 46 92 -19 21:22 392 11.7% 52
2007-08 Team Logo Capitals 82 65 47 112 28 23:06 446 14.6% 40
2008-09 Team Logo Capitals 79 56 54 110 8 23:00 528 10.6% 72
2009-10 Team Logo Capitals 72 50 59 109 45 21:48 368 13.6% 89
2010-11 Team Logo Capitals 79 32 53 85 24 21:22 367 8.7% 41
2011-12 Team Logo Capitals 78 38 27 65 -8 19:48 303 12.5% 26
2012-13 Team Logo Capitals 48 32 24 56 2 20:52 220 14.5% 36
2013-14 Team Logo Capitals 78 51 28 79 -35 20:33 386 13.2% 48
2014-15 Team Logo Capitals 81 53 28 81 10 20:19 395 13.4% 58
2015-16 Team Logo Capitals 79 50 21 71 21 20:19 398 12.6% 53
2016-17 Team Logo Capitals 82 33 36 69 6 18:22 313 10.5% 50
2017-18 Team Logo Capitals 82 49 38 87 3 20:08 355 13.8% 32
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 81 51 38 89 7 20:55 338 15.1% 40
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 68 48 19 67 -12 20:40 311 15.4% 30
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 45 24 18 42 -7 19:30 182 13.2% 12
2021-22 Team Logo Capitals 77 50 40 90 8 20:34 334 15.0% 18
2022-23 Team Logo Capitals 73 42 33 75 -16 20:11 294 14.3% 48
2023-24 Team Logo Capitals 79 31 34 65 -22 19:13 272 11.4% 20
2024-25 Team Logo Capitals 65 44 29 73 15 17:43 237 18.6% 14
2025-26 Team Logo Capitals 59 22 26 48 2 17:52 164 13.4% 20
Season Projection 82 31 36 67 3 17:51 228 13.6% 28
Total 1550 919 752 1671 62 7028 13.1% 851
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2007-08 Team Logo Capitals 7 4 5 9 -1 24:03 37 10.8% 0
2008-09 Team Logo Capitals 14 11 10 21 10 23:21 90 12.2% 8
2009-10 Team Logo Capitals 7 5 5 10 5 23:06 34 14.7% 0
2010-11 Team Logo Capitals 9 5 5 10 -1 23:30 34 14.7% 10
2011-12 Team Logo Capitals 14 5 4 9 -2 19:51 50 10.0% 8
2012-13 Team Logo Capitals 7 1 1 2 -2 20:43 30 3.3% 4
2014-15 Team Logo Capitals 14 5 4 9 -3 19:56 61 8.2% 6
2015-16 Team Logo Capitals 12 5 7 12 3 21:19 62 8.1% 2
2016-17 Team Logo Capitals 13 5 3 8 -4 19:30 49 10.2% 8
2017-18 Team Logo Capitals 24 15 12 27 8 20:43 99 15.2% 8
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 7 4 5 9 -2 21:49 22 18.2% 19
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 8 4 1 5 -1 21:13 30 13.3% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 5 2 2 4 -2 21:56 20 10.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Capitals 6 1 5 6 -3 18:33 19 5.3% 0
2023-24 Team Logo Capitals 4 0 0 0 -2 19:34 5 0.0% 0
2024-25 Team Logo Capitals 10 5 1 6 0 17:01 33 15.2% 6
Total 161 77 70 147 3 675 11.4% 83
Player Match
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Alex Ovechkin Team Logo LW 40.4 yrs 191 cm / 107 kg 0.81 1.08 85 73 $9.500M
79% Auston Matthews Team Logo C 28.4 yrs 191 cm / 97 kg 0.94 1.14 81 83 $13.250M
78% John Tavares Team Logo C 35.4 yrs 185 cm / 98 kg 0.82 0.94 82 65 $4.380M
77% Andrei Svechnikov Team Logo RW 25.9 yrs 191 cm / 90 kg 0.86 0.77 84 71 $7.750M
76% Filip Forsberg Team Logo LW 31.5 yrs 185 cm / 92 kg 0.82 0.87 77 72 $8.500M
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