Regular season and playoffsWSH
Alex Ovechkin's 2017-2018 season
Points
87
NHL#11
Goals
49
NHL#1
Assists
38
NHL#68
Plus/minus
+3
NHL#240
Games
82
100%
Left winger Alex Ovechkin was 32 years old when the 2017-2018 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 82 games and scored 49 goals and 38 assists for 87 points, 1.06 points per game. The season ended with Alex Ovechkin winning the Stanley Cup with Washington Capitals against Vegas Golden Knights, after 24 playoff games and 27 points. He also won Conn Smythe Trophy, the first since Henrik Zetterberg in 2008. He also won Maurice Richard Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
2017-2018Playoffs
- Year 20179 years agoSeason opener
Alex Ovechkin plays the 2017-2018 season for Washington Capitals
Alex was 32 years old when the 2017-2018 season began. It was his 13th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.
- The gameWSH3–4TBLLgame 3/82
4His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG17:09TOI - +1 goalThe gamePIT3–2WSHLgame 4/825His night+1P+1G+1+/-7SOG19:36TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWSH5–2NJDWgame 5/825His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-4SOG2PPP19:00TOI
- The gameWSH2–8PHILgame 6/824His nightNo points-4+/-6SOG14:25TOI
- The gameTOR2–0WSHLgame 7/825His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG20:44TOI
- +1 goalThe gameWSH4–3DETWgame 8/827His night+1P+1G-1+/-7SOG1PPP19:45TOI
- The gameFLA4–1WSHLgame 9/823His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG17:30TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH2–6VANLgame 10/824His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG21:32TOI
- +3 assistsThe gameWSH5–2EDMWgame 11/824His night+3P+3A+4+/-5SOG16:22TOI
- The gameWSH1–2CGYLgame 12/823His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG18:41TOI
- November 2017
- The gameNYI3–4WSHWgame 13/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG20:08TOI
- +1 goalThe gameWSH3–2BOSWgame 14/822His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG17:21TOI
- +1 goalThe gameARI2–3WSHWgame 15/824His night+1P+1G+1+/-6SOG1PPP20:49TOI
- The gameEDM1–2WSHWgame 18/824His nightNo points0+/-0SOG23:48TOI
- The gameWSH3–6NSHLgame 19/826His nightNo points-1+/-8SOG20:31TOI
- The gameWSH2–6COLLgame 20/823His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG16:49TOI
- +1 assistThe gameMIN1–3WSHWgame 21/823His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP16:46TOI
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8220pointsNHL#2313goalsNHL#37assistsNHL#135WSH11-9-1W-L-OT23Points5th in the Metropolitan·7th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL - The gameCGY4–1WSHLgame 22/822His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG19:30TOI
- +1 goalThe gameOTT2–5WSHWgame 23/824His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG17:05TOI
- +1 goalThe gameTBL1–3WSHWgame 24/823His night+1P+1G+1+/-9SOG18:19TOI
- The gameLAK5–2WSHLgame 26/824His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG21:47TOI
- December 2017
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ3–4WSHWgame 27/824His night+1P+1G-2+/-4SOG1PPP17:27TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameSJS1–4WSHWgame 28/823His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP22:29TOI
- The gameWSH1–3NYILgame 31/823His nightNo points-1+/-6SOG22:26TOI
- The gameCOL2–5WSHWgame 32/827His nightNo points+2+/-2SOG15:18TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWSH5–3BOSWgame 33/823His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-4SOG1PPP20:45TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameANA2–3WSHWgame 34/827His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-4SOG22:49TOI
- The gameWSH4–3DALWgame 35/825His nightNo points0+/-4SOG19:51TOI
- The gameWSH2–3ARILgame 36/824His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG21:21TOI
- The gameWSH0–3VGKLgame 37/825His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG20:23TOI
- The gameWSH0–1NYRLgame 38/824His nightNo points0+/-4SOG21:18TOI
- +1 goalThe gameBOS3–4WSHWgame 39/823His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG1PPP23:00TOI
- +3 assistsThe gameNJD2–5WSHWgame 40/824His night+3P+3A+1+/-6SOG1PPP20:00TOI
Year 20188 years ago- +2 goalsThe gameWSH5–4CARWgame 41/826His night+2P+2G+3+/-2SOG20:01TOI
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8243pointsNHL#1126goalsNHL#117assistsNHL#85WSH25-13-3W-L-OT53Points1st in the Metropolitan·2nd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
- +2 pointsThe gameSTL3–4WSHWgame 42/827His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-2SOG2PPP22:50TOI
- The gameCAR3–1WSHLgame 44/827His nightNo points-3+/-5SOG22:40TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameWSH4–3CARWgame 45/826His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-3SOG1PPP22:34TOI
- The gameWSH3–4NJDLgame 46/824His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG21:48TOI
- +1 assistThe gameMTL3–2WSHLgame 47/824His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP21:06TOI
- +1 goalThe gamePHI2–1WSHLgame 48/824His night+1P+1G-1+/-4SOG1PPP18:05TOI
MilestoneAlex Ovechkin reaches 500 career assists
in the game against Florida Panthers · January 25
- The gamePHI3–5WSHWgame 50/824His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG23:40TOI
- February 2018
- +3 pointsThe gameWSH4–7PITLgame 51/825His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-5SOG19:51TOI
- The gameVGK4–3WSHLgame 52/825His nightNo points0+/-1SOG21:14TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH3–2CBJWgame 53/824His night+2P+2A+2+/-8SOG18:49TOI
- The gameCBJ2–4WSHWgame 54/823His nightNo points-2+/-0SOG20:45TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameDET5–4WSHLgame 55/827His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-3SOG2PPP20:43TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH3–4WPGLgame 56/824His night+1P+1A-2+/-5SOG20:50TOI
- The gameWSH1–7CHILgame 58/825His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG18:22TOI
- +1 goalThe gameWSH3–2BUFWgame 59/825His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG17:54TOI
- +1 goalThe gameTBL4–2WSHLgame 60/825His night+1P+1G0+/-9SOG23:14TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH2–3FLALgame 61/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-5SOG1PPP21:47TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameBUF1–5WSHWgame 62/826His night+2P+2G0+/-11SOG1PPP18:53TOI
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8270pointsNHL#738goalsNHL#132assistsNHL#48WSH35-20-7W-L-OT77PointsPlayoff spot1st in the Metropolitan·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL - The gameOTT2–3WSHWgame 64/825His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG18:27TOI
- March 2018
- +1 goalThe gameTOR2–5WSHWgame 65/824His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG19:31TOI
- The gameWSH0–4ANALgame 66/827His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG24:38TOI
- The gameWSH1–3LAKLgame 67/824His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG24:25TOI
- The gameWSH2–0SJSWgame 68/823His nightNo points0+/-6SOG16:54TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameWPG2–3WSHWgame 69/822His night+2P+2G0+/-8SOG1PPP23:07TOI
MilestoneAlex Ovechkin reaches 600 career goals
in the game against Winnipeg Jets · March 12
- +1 assistThe gameWSH7–3NYIWgame 70/822His night+1P+1A+2+/-2SOG18:44TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–6WSHWgame 71/823His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP22:06TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWSH3–6PHILgame 72/825His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-2SOG18:48TOI
- The gameWSH1–0DETWgame 74/827His nightNo points0+/-4SOG23:01TOI
- The gameWSH6–4MTLWgame 75/823His nightNo points0+/-4SOG19:38TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWSH4–2NYRWgame 76/825His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-8SOG1PPP17:41TOI
- The gameNYR2–3WSHWgame 77/827His nightNo points+2+/-5SOG20:22TOI
- The gameCAR4–1WSHLgame 78/826His nightNo points-3+/-2SOG21:16TOI
- April 2018
- The gameWSH3–1PITWgame 79/824His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG22:47TOI
MilestoneAlex Ovechkin reaches 1,000 NHL games
in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · April 1
- +1 goalThe gameWSH4–2STLWgame 80/825His night+1P+1G-2+/-5SOG1PPP16:56TOI
- +1 goalThe gameNSH4–3WSHLgame 81/826His night+1P+1G-1+/-4SOG1PPP21:54TOI
The season in numbersAlex Ovechkin closes the 2017-2018 season with 87 points
Points87NHL#11Games82of 82100%Goals49NHL#1Assists38NHL#68P/GP1.06NHL#15+/-+3NHL#240Events3hat tricks · 4 goals in one game1,000NHL games600career goals500career assists10×First star7×Second star5×Third star5 i radgames with a point · 9 pts5 days laterPlayoffsWashington Capitals are in the playoffs
First roundWashington Capitals meet Columbus Blue Jackets
WSHvsCBJSwedes on Washington CapitalsSwedes on Columbus Blue Jackets- Game 1CBJ4–3WSHL3His nightNo points0+/-4SOG25:42TOI
- Columbus Blue Jacketslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- +2 goalsGame 2CBJ5–4WSHL2His night+2P+2G0+/-10SOG2PPP30:01TOI
- Columbus Blue Jacketslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
- +2 assistsGame 3WSH3–2CBJW2His night+2P+2A-1+/-5SOG1PPP29:23TOI
- Columbus Blue Jacketslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
- Washington Capitalsare2–2withColumbus Blue Jackets
- Game 5CBJ3–4WSHW3His nightNo points-1+/-7SOG23:40TOI
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstColumbus Blue Jackets
- +2 goalsGame 6WSH6–3CBJW3His night+2P+2G0+/-3SOG1PPP16:08TOI
First roundWashington Capitals knock Columbus Blue Jackets out 4–2
WSH4–2CBJAdvanceHe did not play in this round3 days laterSecond roundWashington Capitals meet Pittsburgh Penguins
WSHvsPITSwedes on Washington CapitalsSwedes on Pittsburgh Penguins- +2 pointsGame 1PIT3–2WSHL3His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-3SOG18:39TOI
- Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- +1 goalGame 2PIT1–4WSHW3His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG18:28TOI
- May 2018
- Washington Capitalsare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 4WSH1–3PITL4His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG21:01TOI
- Washington Capitalsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
- +1 assistGame 5PIT3–6WSHW4His night+1P+1A+2+/-3SOG18:53TOI
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
- +1 assistGame 6WSH2–1PITW3His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG23:03TOI
Second roundWashington Capitals knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2
WSH4–2PITAdvanceHe did not play in this round4 days laterConference finalWashington Capitals meet Tampa Bay Lightning
WSHvsTBLSwedes on Washington CapitalsSwedes on Tampa Bay Lightning- +2 pointsGame 1WSH4–2TBLW4His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-3SOG2PPP17:40TOI
- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Washington Capitalslead2–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 3TBL4–2WSHL4His nightNo points0+/-9SOG25:36TOI
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
- +1 assistGame 4TBL4–2WSHL5His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG23:44TOI
- Washington Capitalsare2–2withTampa Bay Lightning
- +1 goalGame 5WSH2–3TBLL4His night+1P+1G-1+/-3SOG20:16TOI
- Tampa Bay Lightninglead3–2againstWashington Capitals
- Game 6TBL0–3WSHW5His nightNo points0+/-4SOG16:55TOI
- Washington Capitalsare3–3withTampa Bay Lightning
- +1 goalGame 7WSH4–0TBLW5His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG17:38TOI
Conference finalWashington Capitals knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–3
WSH4–3TBLAdvanceHe did not play in this round5 days laterStanley Cup FinalWashington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Vegas Golden Knights
WSHvsVGKSwedes on Washington CapitalsSwedes on Vegas Golden Knights- +1 assistGame 1WSH4–6VGKL4His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG19:09TOI
- Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- +1 goalGame 2WSH3–2VGKW4His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG1PPP17:16TOI
- June 2018
- Washington Capitalsare1–1withVegas Golden Knights
- +1 goalGame 3VGK1–3WSHW4His night+1P+1G+1+/-5SOG17:28TOI
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstVegas Golden Knights
- +1 assistGame 4VGK2–6WSHW4His night+1P+1A+2+/-4SOG20:15TOI
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstVegas Golden Knights
Stanley Cup ChampionsWashington Capitals
beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 in the final
He did not play in this roundThe run in numbersAlex Ovechkin ends the 2017-2018 playoffs with 27 points
Points27NHL#2Games24Goals15NHL#1Assists12NHL#10P/GP1.13NHL#12+/-+8NHL#6Events100playoff points100playoff games50playoff assists50playoff goals3×First star1×Second star4×Third star6 i radgames with a point2 pointsbest gameCBJ4–2→PIT4–2→TBL4–3→VGK4–1HonoursAlex Ovechkin won Conn Smythe Trophy and Maurice Richard Trophy for 2017-2018