Maurice Richard Trophy Tournament (1995-Present) Round 1: 2014 Alexander Ovechkin vs 2009 Alexander Ovechkin

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #8 (Round 1): Alexander Ovechkin (2014) vs Alexander Ovechkin (2009)

Alexander Ovechkin (2013-14):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
78	51	27	24	2.74

Alexander Ovechkin (2008-09):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
79	56	36	19	2.91

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
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 99 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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[Regal]

They’re actually close in terms of goals relative to league scoring rate and relative to other top goalscorers, but both have a slight edge to ‘09. ‘09 he was the better ES goal scorer and in ‘14 he was the better PP goalscorer, and also had more PP minutes relative to the other top scorers. I think this is ‘09 due to the slightly better relative numbers and I think the ES scoring is more impressive, but while there’s obviously a large difference in overall play in some, like these two, so many of Ovechkin’s goal scoring seasons outside of ‘08 are pretty much just splitting hairs.