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Ovechkin's One-Year Deal Says 1,000 Isn't This Season's Story

Ovechkin re-signed at 40 with 929 goals and a nation counting to 1,000. But he signed for one year, and the math on 71 goals says the chase everyone is selling can't finish in 2026-27.

Capitals by the numbers

Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams

43-30-9Record
95Points
12thNHL rank
3.18GF / GP
2.90GA / GP
17.8PP%
80.1PK%
49.3FO%

Possession · 5-on-5

Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams

49.4CF%15th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
50.2FF%14th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
101.8PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
48.0OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end

Skaters

Capitals skaters, 2025-26 · by points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S	TOI/GP
Alex Ovechkin	L	82	32	32	64	-5	19	244	17:27
Tom Wilson	R	72	30	32	62	+15	12	153	19:28
Jakob Chychrun	D	80	26	34	60	+20	18	221	23:20
Dylan Strome	C	80	19	39	58	+2	21	143	18:02
Aliaksei Protas	L	76	25	27	52	+20	1	159	18:14
Connor McMichael	L	78	14	32	46	+8	5	142	16:54
Ryan Leonard	R	75	20	25	45	+2	14	153	14:25
Justin Sourdif	C	78	15	20	35	+17	3	108	14:44
Rasmus Sandin	D	73	5	24	29	+4	1	90	19:12
Anthony Beauvillier	R	82	15	13	28	+7	1	155	15:48
Martin Fehervary	D	81	5	22	27	+15	0	73	19:17
Ethen Frank	R	62	12	12	24	+8	4	91	12:14
Matt Roy	D	79	2	17	19	+18	0	94	20:37
Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	29	5	14	19	-4	6	42	16:49
Hendrix Lapierre	C	74	4	12	16	0	0	53	8:50
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	68	3	11	14	+6	0	44	16:14
Timothy Liljegren	D	47	1	10	11	-7	2	40	19:51
Cole Hutson	D	14	3	7	10	-3	6	22	17:27
Brandon Duhaime	L	82	4	5	9	-2	0	64	11:04
Sonny Milano	L	31	4	4	8	0	0	34	8:53
Declan Chisholm	D	26	1	6	7	+3	0	20	13:44
David Kampf	C	40	2	4	6	-13	0	36	14:44
Ilya Protas	L	4	1	3	4	+1	1	7	15:54
Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	13	2	1	3	+1	0	12	9:38
Bogdan Trineyev	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:32
Brett Leason	R	6	0	0	0	-2	0	1	8:35
Dylan McIlrath	D	13	0	0	0	-1	0	5	9:19

Goalies

Capitals goalies, 2025-26
Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO
Logan Thompson	58	58	31	21	6	.912	2.44	4
Charlie Lindgren	21	20	9	8	3	.879	3.52	1
Clay Stevenson	4	4	3	1	0	.921	2.00	0

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Capitals on NHL EDGE

Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams

24.3mphTop skating speed6th of 32league avg 23.8
101Shots over 90 mph3rd of 32league avg not published
1992Bursts over 20 mph7th of 32league avg 1762
3615.8miDistance skated32nd of 32league avg 3727.0
99.1mphTop shot speed19th of 32league avg 99.7
2300Shots on goal16th of 32league avg 2282
11.3%Shooting %14th of 32league avg 11.1
39.7%Offensive-zone time29th of 32league avg 41.1
42.8%Defensive-zone time31st of 32league avg 41.1