Ovechkin marked 500 career NHL goals in the 2015–16 season and also led the league in goals for four straight seasons from 2012–13 to 2015–16; as such, Ovechkin is considered by many to be one of the greatest goal scorers in the history of the NHL. In 2017, Ovechkin was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players of all-time. Ovechkin won his first Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals in 2018, and also won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs.

This 2006-07 Frozen Pond magazine was signed in blue by Ovechkin and includes a Great Moments COA.