Maurice Richard Trophy Tournament (1995-Present) Round 1: 2020 David Pastrnak vs 2020 Alexander Ovechkin

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #5 (Round 1): David Pastrnak (2020) vs Alexander Ovechkin (2020)

David Pastrnak (2019-20):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
70	48	28	20	3.02

Alexander Ovechkin (2019-20):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
68	48	35	13	3.02

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
19 Ovechkin vs 18 Ovechkin
15 Ovechkin vs 12 Stamkos
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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[Video Nasty]

Pasta took fewer shots, scored 10 game-winning goals to Ovechkin's 3, and found the time to add 29 more assists, making his 48 goals more impressive than Ovechkin’s.

 

[filinski77]

This is a weird one to put together.... tie?

Points in Ovechkins Favor:
-> Better goals/gp
-> More even-strength goals (which I don't even think is a big deal tbh)
-> Worse linemates

Points in Pastrnaks Favor:
-> More GWG's
-> Less shots (also never a good comparison, as shot generation, distance of shots aren't factored in)

Will homer vote Ovechkin simply because this is essentially dead even in my opinion. No individual item to make one goal scoring season better than the other.

 

[Crow]

I thought the Richard did have a tie breaker in games played? I also realize there were co winners though so I’m not sure why I thought that. Maybe I’m thinking of the art ross

 

[blundluntman]

I'm personally leaning toward Ovechkin goal-scoring-wise. Pastrnak had a better supporting cast (which would explain the gwg to a degree) and relied more on the PP to score. Ovi tied him in 2 fewer games with less to work with.

 

[Regal]

I thought the Richard did have a tie breaker in games played? I also realize there were co winners though so I’m not sure why I thought that. Maybe I’m thinking of the art ross

Art Ross is most goals, then fewest games. Richard doesn’t have a tie break.

 

[blundluntman]

I thought the Richard did have a tie breaker in games played? I also realize there were co winners though so I’m not sure why I thought that. Maybe I’m thinking of the art ross

Yeah it's the art ross that has a tie breaker. Not sure why they do it for one and not the other

 

[Offtheboard412]

Ovi by a hair due to doing it in 2 less games I guess. Basically a coin flip situation

 

[YoRy]

Pasta took fewer shots, scored 10 game-winning goals to Ovechkin's 3, and found the time to add 29 more assists, making his 48 goals more impressive than Ovechkin’s.

Ovechkin scored 48 at age 34. That's more impressive than all of Pasta's stats.