Ovechkin By Team: Best and Worst in 10 Categories

Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals

Alex Ovechkin has taken 7,108 shots in the NHL and scored 929 goals with them. Against one franchise he converts at 17.6%. Against another, over 72 games, he converts at 9.5%.

The full record is in our account of Alex Ovechkin’s goals against every NHL team. What follows is that table sorted ten ways, through the 2025-26 season. Games played are in every row.

Which team does Alex Ovechkin score most against?

Minnesota by rate, Winnipeg by volume, and Winnipeg is the one that matters.

	Goals per game	Goals	GP
Minnesota Wild	0.78	21	27
Winnipeg Jets	0.75	58	77
St. Louis Blues	0.73	22	30
Career	0.59	929	1,573

Fifty-eight goals against one franchise. The Winnipeg row covers two cities: Ovechkin faced the Atlanta Thrashers for six seasons before that club moved north in 2011.

Which team does Alex Ovechkin score least against?

Boston, at 0.42 goals a game across 72 meetings.

	Goals per game	Goals	GP
Boston Bruins	0.42	30	72
Los Angeles Kings	0.43	13	30
Colorado Avalanche	0.45	13	29

Boston is the only one of those built on a real sample, and it is the most interesting row on the page. More below.

Which team does Alex Ovechkin set up most against?

Anaheim, at 0.72 assists a game. Ovechkin is a goalscorer and the assist lists are flatter than anyone else’s: his career rate is 0.48, and only four franchises have pulled 0.70 or more out of him.

At the other end, Dallas has held him to 0.31 assists a game and the Rangers to 0.35 across 80 meetings.

Which team does Alex Ovechkin shoot best and worst against?

Best against Minnesota and St. Louis at 17.6%. Worst against Boston at 9.5%.

	Shooting %	Shots	Goals
Minnesota Wild	17.6	119	21
St. Louis Blues	17.6	125	22
Chicago Blackhawks	16.8	107	18
Career	13.1	7,108	929
Utah Mammoth (mostly as Arizona)	10.2	147	15
Dallas Stars	10.1	129	13
Boston Bruins	9.5	317	30

Boston is the only club in the league that has held Alex Ovechkin under 10%, and it has done it over 317 shots. He has put more rubber on the Bruins than on all but six teams and has 30 goals to show for it. Every other franchise he has faced 40 times or more has given up goals at a higher rate.

Which team does Alex Ovechkin take the most penalties against?

Chicago, at three times his career rate, from a club he has met 28 times.

	PIM per game	Total PIM	GP
Chicago Blackhawks	1.61	45	28
Buffalo Sabres	1.01	71	70
Nashville Predators	0.84	26	31
Career	0.54	857	1,573

Chicago is also where his on-ice record is at its second best, at plus 12. Whatever happens in those games, it goes badly for the Blackhawks and expensively for Ovechkin.

For scale: 857 penalty minutes is a full career for a goalscorer and a couple of seasons for an enforcer. Bob Probert’s penalty minutes against every NHL team has him at 3,300 in 638 fewer games.

Which team has Alex Ovechkin never taken a penalty against?

Seattle. Ten games, zero penalty minutes, the only franchise on the board with a clean sheet. Minnesota is next at 0.15 a game.

Which team has Alex Ovechkin beaten most often by himself?

The Islanders, with 11 game-winning goals of his 141. Carolina, Florida and Winnipeg are next on 9 each.

Three franchises have never lost a game to an Ovechkin winner: Dallas in 29 meetings, Seattle in 10 and Vegas in 15.

Which team does Alex Ovechkin need the power play against?

Calgary, and it is the most lopsided figure in the whole set.

Twelve of Ovechkin’s 19 goals against the Flames have come on the power play. That is 63%, against a career share of 36%. Colorado and Dallas are next at 54%.

New Jersey is the opposite: 44 goals, only 9 of them with the man advantage, a share of 20%. He is also plus 35 against the Devils, his best on-ice figure against anybody.