Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Passed some guy named Wayne, now NHL goalscoring leader (895 !!!)

[Some Other Flame]

Pretty cool to be seeing history being made in real time

 

[John Price]

 

[max21]

Someone somewhere has him ranked 14th on their all time list

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Goal #40 on the season, incredible stuff.
I bet he does it tonight. When he gets one in this early, it’s usually a multi goal game

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Even as one of Gretzky's biggest fans I want to see the record fall. Would love to see it be done tonight in front of the home crowd.

 

[Sensrule]

This guy is a cheat code. Unbelievable. Kinda wish Coaches Corner was still a thing. Don Cherry's reaction to him passing Gretzky would have been must see TV.

 

[John Price]

Wayne just shown on scoreboard

 

[Ol' Jase]

Dude has 40 goals this year, with a significant injury in the early part of the season to boot.

Absolutely wild.

 

[JPeeper]

What a shame about the lockouts and Covid, Ovy would be pushing 1000 now instead of just the record.

 

[koyvoo]

Gretzky later tonight

 

[Demandedace]

Remember how last year Ovi had 9 goals in 44 games before the all star break, and broke his damn leg this year? Insane.

 

[Randyne]

3D chess:
Post->Crossbar->Goalie's back->GOAL

 

[Greatzsky 99]

This could be the night!

 

[potatowejj]

40 goals as a 39 year old after breaking his leg during the season. That is literally inhuman.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Beats the record
Enter playoffs 1st in the league
Win cups
Retire

 

[Greatzsky 99]

Pretty cool to be see history being made in real time

Yeah, big difference from when Gretzky broke it, here i am close to the Arctic in an other kontinent
watching live!

 

[Bandit]

As a teenager I watched Howe sit in the stands waiting for Gretzky to break his record. Now I’m almost 50 watching Gretzky sit in the stands waiting for Ovechkin to break his record. Wild.

 

[ViD]

Beats the record
Enter playoffs 1st in the league
Win cups
Retire

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Not that he needs money, but $9.5m more kinda good for him

 

[LOFIN]

Nice to see from the sporting perspective. Hate that it's happening to a despicable person, but glad we'll get it over before the end of this season. Discussion will die down as the playoffs start.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Not that he needs money, but $9.5m more kinda good for him

Im pretty sure he wants to play 1-2 years in the KHL , he would get money eitherway

 

[Confucius]

He may well tie the record tonight, mind blowing that if he does it next game it would also be the same number of games as Gretzky

 

[pkzln89]

1 goal to #99.

This is a bit personal for me . my very first memory as a hockey fan is watching Game 3 of the Challenge Cup in 1979 with my grandfather. Soviet Union beat the NHL all stars 6:0 and this is the goalie - Vladimir Myshkin, the unexpected starter, the backup to Tretyak who played in both Games 1 and 2. For those of you too young to remember - please look up the NHL roster for that series. It's an all hall of fame team that combined the Canadiens and the Islanders dynasties plus the likes of Gilbert Perrault, Marcel Dionne, Darryl Sittler, Bobby Clarke etc.

 

[Greatzsky 99]

14 times with 40 goals or more, Gretzky 2nd with 12, Dionne and Lemieux 3rd with 10

 

[McVechkin]

Beats the record
Enter playoffs 1st in the league
Win cups
Retire

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9.5 million reasons not to do that.

 

[eojsmada]

Passed Gretzky for most 1st period goals in NHL