#alex-ovechkin

#alex-ovechkin

As the puck dropped on the new 2025-26 season, some new Washington Capitals items have popped up on the NHL's online store. And in this post, we'll focus on new items dropped for Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin, who broke the NHL goals record this past April, signed some new items in a recent autograph signing for Fanatics, including photos, jerseys, and pucks - some of which have some special inscriptions.

The NHL Shop sold nearly every Ovechkin jersey he's worn during his career, including the team's red home and white away sweaters; a 50th anniversary jersey featuring the Screaming Eagle on black; and multiple retro jerseys made by Mitchell & Ness, including both of Ovechkin's rookie year jerseys and all three outdoor game sweaters.

Before Gretzky was anywhere close to being in his sights, Alex Ovechkin first had to climb the ladder of the NHL's all-time goal-scorers. It seemed an almost monthly occurrence that he would knock another rung off that ladder - crossing into the 700s and passing Mike Gartner (708), then Phil Esposito (717), Marcel Dionne (731), and Brett Hull (741).

Ovechkin FIRES! HE SCORESSS!

"I thought they were good," Carbery said postgame. "They accomplished what they needed to accomplish. They needed to get through a game and get some game reps. Ovi did that. Marty did that."

Just to be a part of it and to be in the celebration and the aftermath of it and basically getting to celebrate twice because when he tied the record on Thursday... [We were] partying for two days and then Sunday in New York. I don't think anyone remembers the score of that game, we just remember the fun that we had.

While with the Capitals, Irwin saw one of the biggest moments of the now-completed goal chase firsthand as Ovechkin scored his 802nd career goal and passed Gordie Howe for second on the NHL's all-time goals list. Irwin was in the team's lineup for the historic December 23, 2022 game against the Winnipeg Jets, skating 17:36 of ice time in the 4-1 victory.