Leading the NHL in BOTH even-strength goals and power-play goals

The Panther

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Anyone know how on many occasions this has happened? (I guess several times..) These are the ones I've found:

Maurice Richard
1944-45
1946-47
1949-50
Gordie Howe
1952-53
Jean Béliveau
1955-56
Bobby Hull
1965-66
Phil Esposito
1970-71
Mike Bossy
1978-79
Wayne Gretzky
1983-84
Brett Hull
1989-90
1990-91
Alex Ovechkin
2007-08
2015-16

(Gretzky in 1983-84 led in all of ES goals, PP goals, and SH goals.)
 
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The Panther

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How did it never happen to Mario and only happen to Ovechkin twice?
Believe it or not, Steve Shutt scored 5 more ES goals in an NHL season (52) than Mario Lemieux ever did (47). I sh** you not.

(In fairness, that one season, 1992-93, when Mario was super-hot on ES goals, he would have had around 62+ ES goals if he'd played all season. But that was the only season he was well above 40.)
 
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Believe it or not, Steve Shutt scored 5 more ES goals in an NHL season (52) than Mario Lemieux ever did (47). I sh** you not.

(In fairness, that one season, 1992-93, when Mario was super-hot on ES goals, he would have had around 62+ ES goals if he'd played all season. But that was the only season he was well above 40.)

Yzerman led 1989 in even strength goals with 45. That would be the year I figure Mario takes all three (EV, PP, SH) but it wasn't. 85 goals and all, you'd figure, but a 65 goal scorer that year had more at ES. I never get too hung up on that with Mario, he obviously scored a ton at ES, but he was also very tailor made for the PP, and SH as well. This is why in 1989 he has that 85 goal season and 41 ES, 31 PP and 13 SH. The last one is the single season record. Hard to believe he only led the NHL in goals three times. Would have done it more without injuries, but still. He led in ES goals once, PP twice and SH three times. So he's pretty consistent with someone who led in goals three times.
 

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