{"id":332848,"date":"2025-12-05T22:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332848\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:48:11","slug":"capitals-become-first-team-in-nhl-history-to-have-player-40-or-older-alex-ovechkin-and-20-or-younger-ryan-leonard-have-multi-goal-games-in-same-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/332848\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals become first team in NHL history to have player 40-or-older, Alex Ovechkin, and 20-or-younger, Ryan Leonard, have multi-goal games in same game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Capitals accomplished a goal-scoring feat on Wednesday that had never happened before in the NHL\u2019s 107-year history.<\/p>\n

In the Capitals\u2019 7-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks<\/a>, Alex Ovechkin and Ryan Leonard both scored twice. According to OptaSTATS on X<\/a> and confirmed by NHL Stats, Ovechkin and Leonard became the first 40-or-older and 20-or-younger pair to have multi-goal games in the same game for the same team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, that was a cool stat,\u201d Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery said to the Sports Junkies on Friday<\/a>. \u201cI saw the same thing of first time ever in the history of the NHL that a 40-year-old on your team has scored two and a 20-year-old, right? Yeah, that\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ovechkin was 40 years and 77 days old on Wednesday, while Leonard was 20 years and 316 days old.<\/p>\n

Ovechkin and Leonard\u2019s stats vs. San Jose Sharks (12\/3)<\/p>\n

Player
\nAge
\nGoals
\nAssists
\nPoints<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin
\n40yr 77d
\n2
\n0
\n2<\/p>\n

Ryan Leonard
\n20yr 316d
\n2
\n2
\n4<\/p>\n

Ovechkin, the NHL\u2019s all-time goals leader, scored the 910th and 911th goals of his NHL career in the victory<\/a> while Leonard dented the twine for the seventh and eighth times<\/a>. He became the first rookie in the NHL this season to record four points in a single game.<\/p>\n

Appropriately enough, Leonard and Ovechkin were also named the first and second stars of the game.<\/p>\n

According to NHL Stats, the closest instance prior happened nearly 20 years ago. On December 13, 2005, the Florida Panthers got two goals from Nathan Horton (then 20 years, 198 days) and two from Gary Roberts (then 39 years, 204 days) in a 7-3 win over the Predators.<\/p>\n

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