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‘It was difficult for Sasha’: The physical grind and mental pressure of Alex Ovechkin’s NHL goals record chase

Summary by RMNB
From the outside, Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL goals record with relative ease during the 2024-25 season, scoring 44 goals in 65 games and posting his fifth-best goals-per-game mark of his career (0.68). But behind the scenes, Ovechkin admitted that he felt the enormity of what he was trying to accomplish, especially when he experienced one of the most difficult moments of his career. Months into the 2024-25 campaign, Ovechkin, then 39, scored an…
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RMNB broke the news on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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