Beat writer Corey Masisak looks back on nearly two decades of hockey writing to rank the best individual seasons he’s covered.

While some fans needed that 895th flashing red light to make it official, let’s be honest: Ovechkin has long been the greatest goal ... Ovechkin hits the 50-goal mark 11 times.

Robataille had eight-straight 40-goal seasons to start his career, then he never hit that milestone again. Prior to Ovechkin’s dominance, Robataille was considered the greatest scoring left ...

When the puck hit the net, it made him the top goal scorer in NHL history. Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky ... ultimate goal-scorer’s goal for the greatest of all time.” With the excitement ...

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is the new all-time goal-scoring leader in the NHL. 20 years of being the premier sniper in the league has led to him surpassing the greatest player in ...

Even fans who couldn't see the history-making goal in person watched from home and cheered Ovechkin on together when he hit 895. "This is the greatest experience of my life, I think. The best DC ...

I was thankful it didn’t hit me,” Washington Capitals legend Olaf Kolzig joked to NBC News about Ovechkin’s first ... Boucher in what some consider the greatest goal in NHL history. “ ...

But he hasn’t been the game’s greatest goal-scorer for some time now. Gretzky has held the record, but Ovechkin has held ... third all-time in hits (a stat that’s only been tracked since ...