How Good Was Ovechkin's Season?

Alex Ovechkin had the most productive season ever for a Capitals player. How his season compares to some of the all-time best.

Some of the Greatest Ones

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The 60-Goal Club

Ovechkin became the 19th NHL player to score 60 or more goals in a season and the first to do it since the free-wheeling 1980s and '90s.

[Timeline: Players who have scored 60 or more goals in a season]

NHL Leader

Ovechkin led the NHL in many categories this season. Among them:

Goals	65
Shots on goal	446
Goals at home	32
Goals on the road	33
Even-strength goals	43
Lead-changing goals	32
Late-game pressure goals	28*
First-period goals	18
Third-period goals	27
Power play goals	22
Go-ahead goals	21
Multiple-goal games	12 (tied)
Game-winning goals	11
Late-game pressure game-winning goals	8*
Game-winning goals scored in the third period	6
Hat tricks	3 (tied)
Goals in victories	45
Four-goal games	2 (tied)
Points	112
Even-strength points	75
Late-game pressure points	42*

* third period or overtime when the score differential is two goals or fewer

SOURCES: Total Hockey, NHL Record and Fact Book, Washington Capitals
PHOTO CREDITS: Ovechkin by The Washington Post; Gretzky and Lemieux by The Associated Press; Maruk courtesy of the Washington Capitals
GRAPHIC: Reporting by Bonnie Berkowitz and Tarik El-Bashir; Graphic by Laura Stanton, The Washington Post - April 7, 2008