Ovechkin will try for the third time to become the eighth player in NHL history to score 700 goals when the Capitals visit the Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Thursday (9:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, ESPN+, SNP, SNE, ALT, NBCSWA, NHL.TV). He was held without a point in home losses to the Philadelphia Flyers (7-2 on Saturday) and New York Islanders (5-3 on Monday) after scoring his 696th, 697th and 698th goals in a 4-2 win against the Kings on Feb. 4.
He'll try to reach the milestone against one of the hottest teams in the NHL. Colorado has won five in a row and is 8-1-1 in its past 10 games. Nathan MacKinnon leads the Avalanche with 78 points (32 goals, 46 assists) in 55 games. If he has a multipoint game against Washington, he'll be the first Colorado player to have 80 points in his first 56 games played since Joe Sakic in 1995-96.