Regardez l’attaquant des Capitals de Washington Alexander Ovechkin empocher une rondelle libre qui est lancée devant le filet par Morgan Frost des Flyers de Philadelphie pour égaliser le Capital de longue date Mike Gartner pour le plus grand nombre de 30 saisons de l’histoire de la LNH avec 17.
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Ovi is 37 years old and could very well score 50 goals once again!
This dude doesn't care about his age, he's still a goal scoring machine.
More then gretzky
Ovi is washed
Ovi is going to get 900 goals
This actually should have been the 18th straight year for Ovechkin because the NHL was locked out for the 2004-2005 season, which would have been Ovi's rookie year season!
So hilarious that the makemelaugh "experts" thinks he won't be making the gal record
Красавчик!💪
No other player in the modern NHL era has even come remotely close to Ovechkin when it comes to goal scoring. Even Wayne Gretzky 'The Great One' himself clearly admitted in a 2019 interview: "I played in the right era, it's harder to score now than it was when I played." Back in the 80's there was an average of almost 8 players per season who scored 50 or more goals. In the modern NHL era after the 2004/2005 lockout, that same average has fallen to an average of just 2 players per season.
The statistical average number of goals scored per game per team in the 14 NHL seasons between 1979 to 1993 when Gretzky played his first 14 seasons was 3.74 goals. The statistical average number of goals scored per game per team in the 14 NHL seasons between 2005 to 2019 when Ovechkin played in his first 14 seasons was 2.84 goals. That's a 32% difference which means that it is statistically 32% more difficult to score goals in the modern era compared to back in the 80's and early 90's.
When people only look at a 1:1 goal comparison between Gretzky's total goals and Ovechkin's total goals, its like comparing a sprinter who is running on flat level surface to that of a sprinter running uphill on an incline. Ovechkin's modern era goal total needs to be calibrated by a factor of 32% in order to properly compare to Gretzky's goal total: 810 goals x 1.32 = 1069 goals > Gretzky's 894 goals. And that's even before adding in the 50+ goals Ovechkin would have certainly scored in the 2004/2005 lockout season, not to mention the 2 recent shortened seasons due to the pandemic.
It really puts into perspective what Ovechkin has achieved in the modern NHL era while even having played one less season than Gretzky, and Ovechkin still has 5 or 6 seasons left to play still. It's like catching up to the fastest sprinter in history after having a late start, while running against an incline, and then passing that fastest sprinter while there is still a quarter length of track remaining.
Just look at the difference between goalies from the 80's and goalies in the modern NHL era. Look at the difference in their size of pads, height, reach, flexibility, technique, and skill. Most goalies from the 80's played worse than today's amateur beer league goalies. During Gretzky's first 14 seasons, the average NHL goalie save % was 0.879 and the average GAA was 3.65, which is unheard of among today's modern era NHL goalies, except maybe in the minors. Also, no players bothered to block shots back in the 80's, imagine how many more goals Ovechkin would have if players today played 80's style defense and did not bother to block shots.
Gretzky also played on a decade-long dynasty team in an era that had no salary cap. The 80's Oilers Dynasty fab 5 would have never been allowed to exist on the same team after the salary cap was put in place starting in 2005 during Ovechkin's first season. Ovechkin played every single season under a limiting cap which made the league way more competitive and evenly distributed, Gretzky never did, not even a single season.
Also, Gretzky had the luxury of having his two on-ice bodyguard thugs (Semenko and McSorley) with him all throughout the 80s and the first half of the 90s. Semenko and McSorley constantly intimidated other players and made sure nobody touched Gretzky whenever he had the puck which allowed Gretzky to make all those plays and rack up all those points. Back in the 80s and early 90s, Gretzky was the NHL's official Golden Boy and nobody was allowed to lay a hand on him.
Молодец👍
Ovechkin has NEVER had a full modern era NHL season where he has not scored at least 30 goals, let that sink in.
And he's doing it against giant sized skilled goaltenders and players who actually play defense AND without the help of intimidating bodyguard thugs like Gretzky did. LET THAT SINK IN.
Love Ovi, but Frost sweet dish 😂
GOAT
Caps need to go back to these jerseys full time.
Бэкстрем и Уилсон пока не готовы качественно играть в основе. Кузнецова пора в запас хотя бы для эксперимента. 4 звена оболдуев не могут пару шайб забить днищевым лётчикам. Пора встряхнуть команду. Лавиолетт давно засиделся на посту главного тренера. Одно и то же – серое унылое годами при нём.
Way to go Alex!! Awesome player, slowed down a bit. But still incredible! Jim
Who has the most 31 goal seasons?
And he leaves his man wide open on Flyers second goal. There's more to hockey than scoring goals.
When ovi wears that jersey he can't not score.
Он молитва!!!!
When he gets his 40th this year it'll be the 13th time, breaking Gretzky's record of 12.
.. and when (if? Probably when) he gets his 50th this year it'll be the 10th time, breaking Gretzky and Bossy's record.
Plus he was robbed in 19-20 with covid. He had 48g in 68gp before the shutdown.
Plus the 12-13 lockout season where he scored at a 50 goal pace in 48 games.
.. and he had 49g, and 46g in 82gp in other seasons.
Ridiculously good👍
45 goals this year. 825. So left is 70 goals for two seasons.