Fantasy: Ovechkin's legacy after 600th NHL goal

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has been the model of offensive consistency, category coverage and durability since entering the NHL in 2005-06, making him one of the all-time great fantasy hockey players.
The 32-year-old scored his 599th and 600th NHL goals against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday, becoming the 20th player to reach that mark and the fourth to do it in fewer than 1,000 games, according to Elias Sports Bureau. The others are Wayne Gretzky (718 games), Mario Lemieux (719) and Brett Hull (900).
Ovechkin has been a perennial top 10 fantasy pick and finisher in Yahoo leagues, covering most fantasy categories at an elite level in each season of his NHL career. This season, Ovechkin is better than a point per game (74 points in 69 games), leads the NHL in goals (42) and has covered peripheral categories again with 298 shots on goal, 26 power-play points and 127 hits.

Below are some notable statistics that prove how valuable of fantasy player and how safe of an early-round pick Ovechkin has been over his first 13 NHL seasons:
Most goals since 2005-06 (Ovechkin's rookie season):
1. Alex Ovechkin: 600 in 990 games
2. Sidney Crosby: 405 in 852 games
T-3. Rick Nash: 379 in 903 games
T-3. Eric Staal: 379 in 999 games
5. Patrick Marleau: 376 in 1004 games
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Ovechkin's rank in other mainstream fantasy categories since 2005-06:
Assists: 509; 11th in NHL
Points: 1,109; 1st
Penalty minutes: 641; 78th
Power-play points: 431; 1st
Shots on goal: 4,839; 1st
Hits: 2,611; 4th

Goals per game leaders, active NHL players:
1. Alex Ovechkin, 0.61 (S%: 12.4)
2. Patrik Laine, 0.54 (S%: 19.1)
3. Steven Stamkos, 0.53 (S%: 16.8)
4. Auston Matthews, 0.50 (S%: 15.5)
T-5. Evgeni Malkin, 0.48 (S%: 13.8)
T-5. Sidney Crosby, 0.48 (S%: 14.5)
Ovechkin's lowest/highest single-season totals of NHL career in key categories (includes shortened season of 2012-13):
Lowest goal total: 32 (2010-11, 2012-13); NHL career high: 65 in 2007-08
Lowest PPP total: 23 (2011-12); career high: 52 in 2005-06
Lowest SOG total: 220 (2012-13); career high: 528 in 2008-09
Lowest hits total: 120 (2012-13); career high: 259 in 2014-15
NOTE: To put Ovechkin's lowest single-season totals for each category into perspective, he was the lone player with at least 32 goals, 23 PPP, 220 SOG and 120 hits last season (2016-17).

Ovechkin's standard-league Yahoo rank, past 3 seasons (excluding hits):
2017-18 current rank: 7th
2016-17 final rank: 10th
2015-16 final rank: 2nd
Ovechkin's durability:
He has played 990 of a possible 1,019 regular-season games (97.1 percent) over his NHL career. Outside of the 10 games he missed in 2009-10, he hasn't missed more than four games in any other single season.