With five shots on the Colorado Avalanche on Monday, Alex Ovechkin just hit a new milestone – 7,000 career shots on net.
He didn’t score on any of the shots in the Caps’ 5-2 loss, but he’s still the first player to reach that 7,000, which is first place all time. Second place is longtime defenseman Ray Bourque, who had 6,209 shots on net.
Oddly enough, Ovi doesn’t have the record for most shots in a season. That goes to Phil Esposito, who had 550 in 1970-71. Ovi, however, is in second and third place for most shots in a season, with 528 in 2008-09 and 446 in 2007-08.