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Alex Ovechkin

Washington Capitals
Position L
Age 40
Height 6'3"
Weight 238LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Moscow, RUS
Born Sep 16, 1985

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Beauvillier, Carlson, Fehérváry and Strome: 74.8% of the expected goals over 49 minutes.

5 goals for, 1 against, 64.7% of the attempts
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Ovechkin with Beauvillier, Chychrun, Roy and Strome, 77 minutes at 5v5.

50.2% of the expected goals, 8 goals for and 2 against
This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Chychrun, Leonard, Strome and Wilson: 8 goals in 65 minutes.

7.39 goals an hour, 11.4 expected
This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Beauvillier, Chychrun, Strome and van Riemsdyk: 41.3% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 2 against over 37 minutes
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Ovechkin has played 39 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

11 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Ovechkin this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 16, 1985
Birth Place Moscow, RUS
Height 6'3"
Weight 238 LBS
Shoots/Catches R