- Alex Ovechkin is an 89 overall in NHL 27, only the second sub-90 rating of his career
- Logan Thompson and Jakob Chychrun both rank ahead of him on the Capitals
- Read below for where Ovechkin lands among left wings and how his attributes shook out
Alex Ovechkin is not the highest-rated Washington Capital in EA Sports’ new hockey game.
EA wrapped up its NHL 27 ratings reveal this week, and Ovechkin landed at 89 overall. That puts him third on his own roster, behind goaltender Logan Thompson at 90 and defenseman Jakob Chychrun, who carries the same 89 but sits higher in the top 300 at No. 63 to Ovechkin’s No. 71, per RMNB.
Getting rated below 90 has happened to him exactly once before. NHL 25 shipped with Ovechkin at 89, and EA walked him back up to 91 in a midseason update.
Thursday closed out ratings week with the top 10 overall, and the Capitals captain was nowhere near it. Check out the list:
Connor McDavid runs away with it at 99, the first 99 overall in EA Sports NHL history. Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov follow at 97, Leon Draisaitl sits at 96, and cover athlete Macklin Celebrini checks in at 95.
Thompson’s 90 makes him the fifth-best goalie in the game, trailing Andrei Vasilevskiy (94), Ilya Sorokin (93), Connor Hellebuyck (92) and Igor Shesterkin (91). Chychrun grades out as the 12th-rated left defenseman:
Ovechkin comes in as the 15th-best left wing, a position Kirill Kaprizov tops at 94. Here’s how the forward rankings shook out:
He is still producing. Ovechkin played all 82 games last season and led Washington in scoring with 32 goals and 32 assists, then put off retirement to come back for a 22nd season. He turns 41 on Sept. 17.
The drop is about the legs, not the hands. EA has his acceleration at 83, his speed at 84 and his deking at 83, while both his slap shot power and wrist shot power held at 93.
