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Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin

WSH·FJersey number #8
Latest captured market
Apr 8 · 7:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 396 game sample
PTS
71.5
SOG
268.1
G
38.4
A
33.1
PPP
23.1
HIT
149.9
BLK
19.2
PIM
25.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 396 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+0.29
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.7 goals over 390
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.05
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.2 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 396 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 396 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.87
G
0.47
A
0.40
SOG
3.28
PPP
0.28
HIT
1.83
BLK
0.23
PIM
0.31

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26823232640.7824417:27
2024-25654429731.1223717:43
2023-24793134650.8227219:13
2022-23734233751.0329420:12
2021-22775040901.1733420:34

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-25105160.603317:01
2023-2440000.00519:35
2021-2261561.001918:32

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 8 lineSOG 5/10G 3/10A 4/10PPP 2/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 14@ CBJ401110018:48
Apr 12vs PIT301051016:11
Apr 11@ PIT710000014:59
Apr 8@ TOR300000016:36
Apr 5@ NYR300020017:26
Apr 4vs BUF402010017:01
Apr 2@ NJD400040018:05
Mar 31vs PHI320031015:44
Mar 28@ VGK201100017:35
Mar 26@ UTA530010018:27

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 8 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2632.732minus 0.7 goals above expected82390
2024-2527.244plus 16.8 goals above expected64355
2023-2427.831plus 3.2 goals above expected78394
2022-2336.242plus 5.8 goals above expected73412
2021-2238.350plus 11.7 goals above expected77468

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2627 goals, 18 assists, 45 points5 goals, 14 assists, 19 points0-0-0
2024-2530 goals, 21 assists, 51 points14 goals, 8 assists, 22 points0-0-0
2023-2418 goals, 19 assists, 37 points13 goals, 15 assists, 28 points0-0-0
2022-2328 goals, 22 assists, 50 points14 goals, 11 assists, 25 points0-0-0
2021-2233 goals, 27 assists, 60 points16 goals, 13 assists, 29 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point

Shot locations

390 attempts · 32 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (146)Shot on goal (212)Goal (32)

Markets · Apr 8

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
31%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
28%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
13%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
3.5
Proj
3.1
P(over)
37%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.