It’s no longer a question of if Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record this season. It’s now just a question of which game.
After netting a hat trick Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers, Ovechkin is just 13 goals from 895, and DraftKings has him at -160 odds to reach the milestone over the next 25 games before the regular season ends. That’s an implied probability of better than 61%.
So, when should we be expecting The Great 8 to finally pass The Great One? By my shoddy math, he would approach the record just before the Washington Capitals host the Chicago Blackhawks on April 4 as long as he maintained his career-best rate of 2.4 goals per 60 minutes. However, due to how difficult it would be to maintain that absurd rate, four teams actually have better odds than Chicago.
Which team will Ovechkin score his 895th goal against
- New York Islanders +300
- Columbus Blue Jackets +300
- Carolina Hurricanes +350
- Pittsburgh Penguins +800
- Chicago Blackhawks +900
Odds are available for other teams too, but Ovechkin would likely need to rip off more hat tricks to make those worth your time.
The Islanders, Blue Jackets and Hurricanes all play Washington multiple times in the final weeks of the season, which is why they lead the pack ahead of C