Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894 (Continued)

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NHL Goals from rookie season and on including age 30 season * :

Gretzky - 736
Bossy - 573
Lemieux - 563
Ovechkin - 525
Yzerman - 517
Jagr - 501
Dionne - 488
Goulet - 487
Hawerchuk - 483
Hull - 482 (Bobby)


* I actually went into game logs for players that turned age 31 during that season and only included goals for their respective age 30 for that season.



Most goals from age 30 season and on:

Howe - 415
Esposito - 409
Ovechkin - 399
Bucyk - 374
Selanne - 338
Brett Hull - 328
Dionne - 321
Messier - 314
Jagr - 306
Gartner - 304


Most goals from age 31 season and on:

Howe - 383
Ovechkin - 349
Bucyk - 347
Esposito - 337
Ratelle - 311
Selanne - 305
Hull - 299 (Brett)
Messier - 280
Jagr - 265
Mullen - 258
 
Some pretty good footage in this video. Goals you've seen before but from different angles:


Just the first three minutes or so has a pretty hilarious number of HoF-bound/decade defining goaltenders looking at him after scoring for the first time like "wait what?" before anyone really knew he was this kind of different.

funny stuff
 
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21 to pass and 37 games counting tonight? Possible. Grab a two goal game here or there and suddenly it seems likely. This is like Cal Ripken chasing the iron man in baseball, Emmitt Smith passing the great Walter Payton... milestones that you didn't think could be broken.
 
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