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Alex Ovechkin

Washington Capitals
Position L
Age 41
Height 6'3"
Weight 238LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Moscow, RUS
Born Sep 16, 1985

Key Insights

2026-27
He gets a normal share of the minutes

Ovechkin plays 13:57 a night, 257th among forwards.

140 minutes across 10 games
The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +2 on the season.

181st in the league
He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

34.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

17 of 49 attempts, 196th of 200 forwards
A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

53.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

17 of 32 unblocked, 185th of 200 forwards
He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

38.8% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

19 of 49 attempts, 184th of 200 forwards
He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

38.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

19 attempts from inside the home plate, 184th of 200 forwards

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