- Alex Ovechkin leads the NHL with 107 slap shot goals over the last 10 seasons
- Steven Stamkos is second at 104, and David Pastrnak is a distant third at 78
- Read below for the snap shot leaderboard plus video of the shot that built the lead
Nobody in the NHL scores on a slap shot like Alex Ovechkin, and the gap is not close.
Ovechkin has 107 slap shot goals over the last 10 seasons, the most in the league, per NHL EDGE data compiled by Sammi Silber of The Hockey News. Steven Stamkos is second at 104. David Pastrnak sits third at 78, which tells you how thin the air gets after the top two.
| Player | Team | Slap shot goals |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | Capitals | 107 |
| Steven Stamkos | Predators | 104 |
| David Pastrnak | Bruins | 78 |
Most of his come from the same patch of ice they always have. He sets up in the left circle on the power play, waits for the pass, and hammers it. Everyone in the building knows the play and nobody stops it.
Here’s video of the signature shot from the signature spot:
That one-timer is the reason he owns the NHL record for power-play goals at 331.
The slapper is not his only weapon. Ovechkin ranks second in snap shot goals over the same stretch with 94, trailing only Leon Draisaitl at 145.
Age has not taken the velocity, either. He hit 97.30 mph on his hardest shot last season, which put him in the 99th percentile among forwards and eighth at the position at age 40, according to NHL EDGE tracking. His average shot speed of 61.84 mph landed in the 94th percentile.
One hole is still on the résumé. Across 21 seasons Ovechkin has scored on every shot type the league tracks except the wraparound.
He gets another year to fix that. Ovechkin is back on a one-year deal for a 22nd season after leading Washington in goals (32), points (64) and shots on goal (244) across all 82 games.
Ovechkin was asked what he still brings to the room once the deal was done:
“I know I can still play. I know I can still bring energy to the locker room and energy on the ice.”
Take a look at a decade of that shot in one video:
Washington’s power play finished 25th last season at 17.8 percent. The man in the left circle is still the best reason to think that number climbs.
