Gotta See It: Ovechkin scores goal No.500

Watch as Alex Ovechkin scores his 500th career goal and gets a huge curtain call from the fans in Washington.

[@NBertuzzi]

Ovechkin in my opinion is the best player in the NHL. No one is a bigger threat than him, no one can play the way he plays. You have the imitators like stamkos who copy his every move but still he can't emulate the power of ovechkin. Crosby needs other people to make him good, Ovechkin can do it all by himself. Ovechkin is a gamebreaker. No one has scored as many beautiful goals that showcase dominance like Ove. Ovechkin has as many highlight reel goals as crosby, stamkos, benn seguin towes combined. He just on a different level.

[@mishka-m]

+N Bertuzzi , Согласен с тобой чувак. Овечкин самый лучший игрок в мире!

[@DoseOfDhillon]

+N Bertuzzi Crosby needed the people to make him good? PAH, Ovie hasn't been freakin handicapped either, you don't get multiple high seeds, and president trophies by going off of one player

[@DoseOfDhillon]

Bob bob REALLY? REALLY MATE? They didn't need kessle at freakin all, they needed a puck moving defensemen and a third line, what they got was a declining scorer who's been mediocre because he does't have a puck moving defensive men and a centermen who isn't giving him the final say. And crosby was a MVP like a year before, with Malkin on the second line in a down year for Malkin. Also, Holtby, Backstroke, Oshie, Burakovsky, Williams, Niskanen, Niskanen, and back in the day with Semin, truly crap players

[@Scorponozhek]

+Михаил Никонов Я тож присоединяюсь, Ови лучший

[@EpicDvd1]

People who say that crosby needs other people to make him good just piss me the fuck off. You have no clue WHAT THE FUCK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. He is the biggest offensive threat in the game, he makes plays from nothing, and MAKES EVERYONE AROUND HIM BETTER. Chris kunitz would be a god damn putz without him.

[@thedalensnow]

Williams stopping to get the game puck was so funny! He began to skate to the celebration with everybody else and then did a double take to get the puck for Ovi! What a guy

[@MrBeliy81]

Саша-ты лучший!Динамовцы гордятся Тобой!!!!

[@remi1531]

Was at the game. Great energy, Caps fans loved it, Verizon center was full, despite NFL playoff game in town almost at the same time.

[@razor.2.rosary]

His mother was so happy ;D

[@AEMoreira81]

OV is just 30 years, 117 days old. Is Gretzky's all-time record of 894 NHL goals still unbreakable? Barring a major injury (OV has never missed more than 10 games in any season), I think it can be broken.

[@JamesG12]

Unlikely. If he played until he was 40, so for another 10 years, he would have to average around 39 goals a year. It would be impressive but he is sure to decline in his late 30s. Time will tell.

[@oldsoul9578]

If he could hit 50 goals every season till he's 40... then yessir

[@codefreak8]

+Adam Moreira I'd like to believe that, but there are just so many factors that go against that.

[@DoseOfDhillon]

+Adam Moreira he's not, he'll get Gordie, not Gretzky, unless he goes Jagr on us and plays in his mid 40

[@fdannn6926]

+Adam Moreira Ovechkin won't get a sniff at Gretzky's goal totals, Ovechkin is now 30 and he would need to reel off 8 straight seasons of 50 goals..not going to happen.

[@RoisinT2]

My hats of to Ovi! :) Great player, great shot!

[@GreekboyyD]

18 goals and 18 assists in 21 games while leading the league in even strength goals and even strength points at the age of 36. He’s now at 748 career goals.

[@vlak0sss]

835

[@aleksthegreat4130]

848

[@RomanHerbig]

0:20 Linesman looks for cover

[@frozenlava8741]

Roman Herbig LOL! He realizes what's happeing and he's like: "Oh sh*t, I gotta get out of here!!"

[@chandrikaprasad6594]

Пересматриваю все голы Ови! Сегодня уже 800!!!

[@DethOfDrgnz]

I think Ovechkin is now the best hockey player in the NHL. Many people (myself included) believed Crosby to be the best and Crosby is awesome but he seems to struggle and gets injured all the time, and it seems it gets harder and harder for Crosby to put goals up. Ovechkin is the opposite he just gets better and better every year.

[@DNFx18]

Crosby has trouble putting pucks in? Really now

[@DethOfDrgnz]

Crosbys numbers dip sometimes. Ovechkin is more consistent.

[@DNFx18]

Crosby has been over point per game every single season. Please look at stats before commenting

[@979259]

@@DNFx18 2 years later and crosby is still 2 seasons away from 500 goals.

[@LeCapitalsRMNB]

Ovi deserves a cup more than anyone hands down with his prolific consistent skill. it's too bad Orps got that bullshit suspension it should've been 1 game and Alzy's injury as well, if it weren't for those mishaps the Pens wouldn't of gotten by the second round and the Caps would've continued their dominance to winning the cup

[@Musicrecords10]

Iginla deserves it more

[@LeCapitalsRMNB]

Musicrecords10 Ovi's on pace to putting up bigger numbers than Iginla and eventually surpassing him in pts

[@Musicrecords10]

MegaBlink182boy Yes no doubt, but other players have been in league much longer and still don't have a cup despite their effort, Iginla and Joe Thornton are some good examples

[@LeCapitalsRMNB]

Musicrecords10 true true

[@jackryan3043]

he’s done it!

[@futurebasss]

молодец! отличный игрок! гордость России!

[@blt4life112]

What a great player. I don't root for his team but I'd still like to see him with a cup.

[@traeflockadumbashell8062]

BLT4LIFE nope haaaaa

[@BasePuma4007]

He's one of the greatest pure goal scorers of all time

[@GreekboyyD]

Now at 848🤯

[@Tubewings]

Of the 43 players that have scored at least 500 goals in their NHL career, 20 of them have scored at least 500 goals with the same franchise (Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, Mario Lemieux, Joe Sakic, Bobby Hull, Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Mike Modano, Luc Robitaille, Marcel Dionne, Johnny Bucyk, Maurice Richard, Stan Mikita, Brett Hull, Jarome Iginla, Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perreault, Jean Beliveau, Bryan Trottier, and now Ovi).

[@GreekboyyD]

Now at 852

[@tuomas-5067]

one of the only 44 to hit the 500th mark, gz

[@niravswagman559]

Ov is the true legend on modern time hockey

[@PLUR-y2s]

I was at the game, what an epic moment.

[@tylersheckells1831]

I'm happy for Ovi, but upset because i entered to win tickets to a caps game if i could guess when he would score goal number 500, and no joke i guessed Ottawa Senators in the 2nd period with 2 goals in the game but i was underage and couldnt enter the competition...now im kinda pissed

[@myslimi1523]

ive had the same thing lol

[@dmagic2287]

ONE OF A KIND!!

[@DenisTriton]

Браво! Отличный юбилейный бросок. ))

[@noc2rn]

Pure goal scorer.

[@GreekboyyD]

Now at 848😮

[@alexg2113]

what a player

[@mistorlazy4366]

Браво Александр ты наше Динамовское ВСЕ.....

[@etiendre]

That police siren sound haunts me in NHL 16. But I love it.. ahah

[@stephenww]

It sucks though that he has 500+ goals and hasn't been to the finals. I hope this year will be the year the team and especially ovi deserve it

[@traeflockadumbashell8062]

stephen nope

[@Linderovi]

I love ovetshkin!!! Best player in the World!!!

[@joonas6036]

ei kyllä ole

[@Linderovi]

+Jonzeri Anteeksi, jos mun mielestä se on maailman paras. Eikö mulla saa olla omaa mielipidettä?

[@joonas6036]

BooM 8 Saa mutta minun mielestä hän ei ole

[@Linderovi]

Aa, nyt tajusin

[@Linderovi]

Jonzeri Pens on kyl mun toisiks lemppari

[@HookedTorontoFishing]

flaunting a 5-1 goal. pure class

[@GreekboyyD]

Now he's at 848😮

[@timmy6756]

That is sick

[@futurebasss]

Russian power!:)

[@0512tommy]

RVD’s theme song in wwe

[@mr.pink707carreviews2]

The Best

[@Eroxa868]

Овечкин молодец

[@TonyAKA30]

This is Washington's year.

[@stephenww]

I really hope so

[@traeflockadumbashell8062]

Tony Koter nope

[@MarkKaput]

On pace for another 25+ goals this regular season, add in the playoffs. I think we'll see goal number 600 in the 2017-2018. I think he could take the record. that'd be cool

[@traeflockadumbashell8062]

Yea it would for someone who chokes in playoffs

[@trey7911]

@@traeflockadumbashell8062 lmao this aged well, dude has incredible playoff stats

[@a_amend2125]

Even though I really hate the Capitals nice job Alex.

[@fdannn6926]

I love Ovi, but he isn't going to get a sniff at touching Gretzky's 894 goals, at 30 years old he would need to put up 8 straight 50 goals seasons from here on out to match it. For a side note… Past 5 seasons : Stamkos - 202 goals, 155 assists, 357 pts Ovechkin - 206 goals, 160 assists, 366 pts

[@GreekboyyD]

Stamkos 😂

[@GreekboyyD]

@The Esquire of Sports® Great call from 5 years ago.

[@GreekboyyD]

Now at 806🤯🤯🤯

[@lukas187x]

And yet there are still fans of other teams that are major buzzkills with their "it would have been much better if he was playing for a true contender like the true Bruins / Penguins". Can't we appreciate someone's achievement rather than nitpick and not talk about alternate history for once?

[@islander709]

is the 500th worthy of the bench coming on the ice to celebrate in the 2nd period?

[@trey7911]

yes

[@jacksonnielson1682]

Alfredsson jersey @ 1:16

[@firstlast7719]

4 years and a month later at 698!

[@eirikrsland1399]

214 since this. Needs 181 more...

[@pena380]

230 goals since then hopefully he is healthy next year and gets 50 again or at least close to it.

[@eirikrsland1399]

@@pena380 yeah. I want one more 50 goal season out of him, but 45 will do.

[@pena380]

@@eirikrsland1399 based on this year he would average 45 goals in full season but this season was so weird anyway and he had injuries so I think Ovi has good chance to get 50 again. This season he didn't have single emptynet so few of them would also help getting 50.

[@eirikrsland1399]

@@pena380 Ovie was amazing from 30-35 yrs of age. Totally beat all the odds. Won the Rocket every year, scored 50 again and again, won the Stanley cup and the conn smythe trophy. Finally became respected by all. Now he is entering the 36-40 yrs. Players just don’t dominante at that age. They can make game winning and Even cup winning plays, but the 82 game season grind is tough on a 36 year old compared to a 24 year old who doesn’t tire. Ovie is a different specimen than others. If he can stay healthy I believe he will be great and compete for the rocket this season and next. After that his minutes will probably have to drop to 15 or so per game and maybe 30 goals per season. This past year with games every other day was too much. He probably should have played less and been healthy for the playoffs but he wanted 30 goals like always. I so wanted to see him get there but covid and the injury stalled him at 24 goals. He made a run for it though scoring just about every game for weeks before the injury sidelined him.

[@pena380]

@@eirikrsland1399 well at 36 he is still on pace over 50 goals currently having 47 goals so it's not that different I think he will get still close to 50 next year too but then he might slow down bit and get around 40 goal seasons.

[@TheCorona272]

I only see 4 men on the ice for the sens.... owait that was the first PP..o.wait...that wasnt a PP?....owait.....

[@MichaelSMooti]

Great Russian!!!!!

[@maxclark702]

I just wish his 500th goal, was one he had to work for, and not just stand at the top of the circle and do nothing

[@christiansanabria6260]

You mean do nothing and shoot a wrister Hammond couldn't even see? I would hardly say that's doing nothing haha

[@markus6624]

Christian Sanabria but all he had to do was stand there and wait for the puck and then shoot

[@canoeguy]

F.F.F F.F.F I'll like to see you do that then against an NHL goalie and other NHLers if it is so easy

[@wg390]

Soon he will be nobody.................. Yes He was a great. It was his last Swan song,

[@GreekboyyD]

😂🤡

[@alexhebro6315]

+203

[@misterjacobs3525]

he's don't play for national team like for WC in NHL(

[@griffoliver6997]

I swear that got deflected

[@carterfricano5452]

0:20 too many men...

[@ChyloeReece]

Carter Fricano 😂

[@user-rh3pu2kt7w]

Молодец, но тем не менее Олимпиаду и кубок Стенли не выиграл.

[@teemuh3724]

ovie never Wins cup

[@jf7286]

Teemu H 👍

[@andyquintanilla19]

Teemu H sure

[@AnnyongRings]

Such a waste of talent, playing for the Caps. Sad really

[@tylersheckells1831]

Yet they're the best team in the NHL record wise....yup I'd be sad too

[@AnnyongRings]

+Tyler Sheckells time will tell..they love to enter the playoffs and just shot the bed flawlessly. Was just saying, on a better team, he'd be multi-conn smythe winner by now

[@myslimi1523]

+Bob bob This is the year for the caps to win the cup

[@edgarssk]

+Annyong Rings Shut up kid!

[@traeflockadumbashell8062]

Penatski nope

[@zhiperslv9155]

No cups

[@trey7911]

sike

[@IvanMishakin]

Саня лучший! Слежу за твоей игрой постоянно, и радуюсь твоим успехам! Лучший игрок НХЛ,продолжай в том же духе! Россия, Омск, с тобой!

[@LeCapitalsRMNB]

Ovi deserves a cup more than anyone hands down with his prolific consistent skill. it's too bad Orps got that bullshit suspension it should've been 1 game and Alzy's injury as well, if it weren't for those mishaps the Pens wouldn't of gotten by the second round and the Caps would've continued their dominance to winning the cup

[@jowston100]

In Ovi We Trust.

[@kykareky]

I want to see Alex with Stanley Cup this year..Nobody deserves this more Go Ovi!

[@Kunapb_u3_l-Orpbl]

Зис иер не получилось, но через 2 года он всё-таки поднял чертов Кубок над своей легендарной головой..

[@DNFx18]

Crosby best player in this era all around.Ovi best pure goal scorer in this eraDon't believe me?Crosby almost caught up to ovi in points and he's missed a lot of gamesOvi is a hell of a player. But he's not inn Sids all around level.

[@Heaveaway23]

ovi gets more goals sid gets more assists , but sidney makes more of an impact than ovi

[@ronirytkonen2382]

l6l Hags l2l But still both players are best players in this decade.

[@Salary11]

l6l Hags l2l There's so much more than just points and goals... Nonetheless Ovi has so many more goals that his stats are better than Crosby's.

[@ChyloeReece]

l6l Hags l2l You ever heard of Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito? Well it's a lot like that, Malkin is the powerhouse starting plays, setting up plays and banking them at Crosby, standing by the net to catch passes or rebounds. Crosby owes a LOT of his points to Malkin. And before you start talking about who's the better all around player, start watching their games, actually watch them play, instead of looking at the stats. I've _never_ seen a player cover every position like Ovechkin has..

[@PapaJenkinz]

I'm not a caps fan but I can't think this is the year he gets his cup.

[@nevo2121]

+PapaJenkinz leafs fan I believe xd

[@GracieandBrianna]

yeet

[@PapaJenkinz]

Gracie and Brianna p

[@PapaJenkinz]

The ACME_player yup

[@ИванКулагин-щ8щ]

701

[@bish4674]

this was just the beginning... now good luck to number 800

[@GearzU]

Done

[@GreekboyyD]

From 1977 to 1989, spanning the entire time that Bossy and Gretzky piled up 50 goals or more in a season, there were 82 such seasons from players. Since Ovie came into the league there have been 26 and he has 9 of them. That is 35 percent of all of them.

[@VADERPavelGritsuk]

Here he is our Russian Alexander the Great!!! I am from Russia . Left the Stanley Cup and Olympic gold.Soon the records Gretzky will be our great

[@BowiesGamingChannel]

How do you even say Gretzky is better, ovi, can hit score, and dangle. Gretzky was a softy and never got hit, oh yea the goalies he scored on were like shooting on people who have never seen a puck before. Best player of all time is ovi no question.

[@traeflockadumbashell8062]

Mike Me nope

[@traeflockadumbashell8062]

Its gretzy and lemieux

[@fiishummartino6692]

ovechkin can't back check and half of his goals are just him standing strate up at the dot but all the other are awesomd

[@trey7911]

actually only 35% come from his office...

[@GreekboyyD]

Now at 806🤯🤯🤯

[@СлаваСлавкин-э3с]

oh!

[@perkele9455]

1.26 old man has i phone

[@stephenww]

That his dad... I don't think he's poor

[@perkele9455]

Ok

[@Cipher_Nine]

If only he had the brain of Crosby

[@AEMoreira81]

+Brendan Gallagher They're not really comparables. Sidney Crosby is a playmaker, while Alex Ovechkin is a finisher (on the Caps, Nicklas Backstrom is the real playmaker).

[@jowston100]

+Brendan Gallagher They play two different positions dipshit.

[@MrMize96]

+Brendan Gallagher If only Crosby would have the passion of Ovi.

[@evilfishtank00]

+Brendan Gallagher what brain? Crosby rattles off the same "more pucks on net; 110%" generic bullshit every time he is interviewed.

[@mr.pink707carreviews2]

brain like crosby? why does he needs crosby brain for. so he can whine n cry every other play. c'mon on man,don't bring up crosby it's pointless.

[@Koltenrepaye]

I was watching the game and I thought number 14 (I think it's Williams?) tipped it and I was so sad but man is he a legend!

[@billydu9934]

Well Williams obviously is jealous of Ovechkin. Ovi was denied twice from beating Sergei Fedorov. Why? Justin the ass Williams.

[@feffrey81]

+NHL Player Well he scored again, so..

[@Koltenrepaye]

+Geoff S I just saw that he's gettin to excited for 1000 XD

[@bradyxxp3618]

Ovi sucked

[@killblade6]

this feels way too overhyped

[@conhaire]

500 goals man... He is a legend and this is a legendary moment. It deserves all of the hype.

[@killblade6]

+conhaire I guess? as he is the first Russian to do so but there have been 42 others that have scored 500 but people are betting that Gretzky's record is now mortal since ovech has gotten to this point

[@killblade6]

+jowston100 Jerome iginla has 600 and Jagr has 732. get.dunked.on!

[@jowston100]

Within 800 games played? How fucking stupid are you? Ovi is the 5th quickest in history to get 500 goals, and the two you mentioned aren't on the list before him. Learn hockey dipshit.

[@killblade6]

+jowston100 are you stupid? I'm not talking about quickest to get to 500. I'm talking about the record total career goals