The Washington Capitals forward has a total of 128 opening goals to his credit.
Washington Capitals hockey forward Alexander Ovechkin ranked third in NHL debut goals with his 128th goal against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Czech Jaromir Jagr with 135 debut goals and American Brett Hull with 131 are ahead of Ovechkin.
Ovechkin had the sixth most hat tricks in League history with 28.
In total, Ovechkin has 749 goals scored, which ranks fourth in NHL history.