Alex Ovechkin Hits 700-Goal Mark

Social media is being flooded with congratulations for Alex Ovechkin who reached the 700-goal mark during his NHL career on Saturday in a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils.

Surely, Ovie would have liked to get the win, but 700 isn’t a bad consolation prize.

Alex Ovechkin became the eighth player in NHL history to 700 goals, but the Capitals lost to the Devils 3-2 on Saturday.https://t.co/acYOPRDNiN

— NHL.com (@NHLdotcom) February 22, 2020

A number of hockey personalities and media types took to social media to congratulate the star and even the Devils sent out a congrats to the player who’d scored on them! It was the ultimate show of good sportsmanship.

The Washington Nationals simply said, “Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi!
Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi! Ovi!” (yes, that many times).

NUMBER 700 FOR THE GREAT 8! ?

The @Capitals mob Alex Ovechkin on the ice. #WSHvsNJD pic.twitter.com/nlLzbHefWN

— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) February 22, 2020

Ovechkin becomes the eighth player in NHL history to score 700 goals and joins some pretty elite company including Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jaromir Jagr, Brett Hull, Marcel Dionne, Phil Esposito and Mike Gartner. Speaking of Gartner, it’s like Ovechkin will pass him this season on the all-time goals list.

Welcome to the Club, @ovi8.

Alex Ovechkin is the second-youngest and second-fastest player in NHL history to reach the 700-goal milestone, behind only Wayne Gretzky in each category. #700vi#NHLStats: https://t.co/oV0wkYKbOH pic.twitter.com/kRV7BYRWef

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 22, 2020