Maurice Richard Trophy Tournament (1995-Present) Round 1: 2013 Alexander Ovechkin vs 1995 Peter Bondra

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #9 (Round 1): Alexander Ovechkin (2013) vs Peter Bondra (1995)

Alexander Ovechkin (2012-13):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
48	32	16	16	2.72

Peter Bondra (1994-95):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
47	34	16	12	2.99

Round 1 Matchups
24 Matthews vs 97 Tkachuk Thread
23 McDavid vs 17 Crosby Thread
22 Matthews vs 06 Cheechoo Thread
21 Matthews vs 16 Ovechkin Thread
20 Pastrnak vs 20 Ovechkin Thread
19 Ovechkin vs 18 Ovechkin Thread
15 Ovechkin vs 12 Stamkos Thread
14 Ovechkin vs 09 Ovechkin Thread
13 Ovechkin vs 95 Bondra
11 Perry vs 00 Bure
10 Stamkos vs 10 Crosby
08 Ovechkin vs 01 Bure
07 Lecavalier vs 02 Iginla
04 Nash vs 04 Iginla vs 04 Kovalchuk
03 Hejduk vs 96 Lemieux
99 Selanne vs 98 Bondra

Note: Due to the Richard Trophy not having a tiebreaker, I will conduct one myself in the first round to avoid matchup complications in later rounds.

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[banks]

Bondra.

But I could be convinced otherwise, I think.

 

[filinski77]

Pretty easy Ovechkin. Raw/adjusted stats are pretty much identical, only difference being that Ovechkin's goals were easily better relative to his peers than Bondra.

Ovechkin	32​			Bondra	34​
#2	29​	10%​		#2	32​	6%​
#3	28​	14%​		#3	30​	13%​
#5	23​	39%​		#5	30​	13%​
#10	21​	52%​		#10	26​	31%​
#20	18​	78%​		#20	22​	55%​
#30	17​	88%​		#30	19​	79%​

 

[wetcoast]

Took Bondra as Ovi really feasted on one weak division and the other 2 divisions not so much.

 

[Albatros]

Bondra, beat very strong competition that year despite not benefiting of particularly strong linemates. Was at least goal-per-game against 38.5 % of the teams he played against.

 

[Johnny Tomala]

Bondra 1994-95.

 

[wetcoast]

Pretty easy Ovechkin. Raw/adjusted stats are pretty much identical, only difference being that Ovechkin's goals were easily better relative to his peers than Bondra.

Ovechkin	32​			Bondra	34​
#2	29​	10%​		#2	32​	6%​
#3	28​	14%​		#3	30​	13%​
#5	23​	39%​		#5	30​	13%​
#10	21​	52%​		#10	26​	31%​
#20	18​	78%​		#20	22​	55%​
#30	17​	88%​		#30	19​	79%​

Charts like this tell us more about other top goal socrers than it really does with Bondra and Ovechkin though right?

The built in assumption is that all of the competition is more or less equal but that's not really the case with these charts.

I mean they do say something but the degree upon which certain posters (not saying you but everyone knows the 2 most common guys here that do this) like to parade them out without mentioning that Ovechkin is historically an insane volume shooter, even for goal scorers needs to be brought up as well right?

 

[Video Nasty]

Pretty easy Ovechkin. Raw/adjusted stats are pretty much identical, only difference being that Ovechkin's goals were easily better relative to his peers than Bondra.

Ovechkin	32​			Bondra	34​
#2	29​	10%​		#2	32​	6%​
#3	28​	14%​		#3	30​	13%​
#5	23​	39%​		#5	30​	13%​
#10	21​	52%​		#10	26​	31%​
#20	18​	78%​		#20	22​	55%​
#30	17​	88%​		#30	19​	79%​

Bondra’s peers were easily better than Ovechkin’s. That top 30 during Ovechkin’s season is a joke. Ovechkin doesn’t get bonus points due to feasting on weak competition.

Also worth noting that Bondra scored 25% of his team’s goals.

 

[wetcoast]

Bondra’s peers were easily better than Ovechkin’s. That top 30 during Ovechkin’s season is a joke. Ovechkin doesn’t get bonus points due to feasting on weak competition.

Also worth noting that Bondra scored 25% of his team’s goals.

Ovi feasted on the SE division which had the 1,2,5,6 worst defensive teams in the league with a 18-16-13-29.

Against the other 2 divisions his line was 30-16-11-27.

Bondra was more balanced with 18 goals in 24 games against the northeast and 16 goals in 23 games against the Atlantic.

 

[GRob83]

Bondra, he had a 19.2 Shooting % and also led the league in SHG