- With that 30th goal of the season Thursday night, Ovechkin became just the second player in NHL history to have scored at least 30 in each of his first 14 seasons

- Ovechkin is averaging 1.18 points, on pace for his best season since 2009-10, when he was 24

- at 33, he’s on pace to become the first player since Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos in 2011-12 to post a 60-goal campaign