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Now that Alex Ovechkin is in the 700-goal club, jbenny15 looks back at how he got there.

The number of goals Ovechkin has scored on penalty shots, with his last one coming in January 2010. He also has 33 shootout goals, which don’t count towards his overall total.The number of shorthanded goals Ovechkin has scored. His last one came on Jan. 3, 2009 against the New York Rangers. That’s no surprise though, considering Ovechkin has been on the ice shorthanded for only 191 minutes in his career. By comparison, he’s skated in over 5,400 minutes on the power play.

Ovechkin has always been known for his volume shooting and has taken 5,518 total shots in his career which trails only Jaromir Jagr and Ray Bourque for most all-time. The Capitals captain has also led the league in total shots in 11 of his 14 seasons and, now in his 15th, leads the category again.The number of overtime goals Ovechkin has scored, the most all-time. In fact, no one else even has 20.

 

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