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Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894 (Continued)

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Chelis Chili said:
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OVECHKIN SCORES TYING GOAL TO CLIMB WITHIN 10 OF GRETZKY
With the Rangers leading 2-1, Alex Ovechkin continued The Gr8 Chase by scoring the tying goal with less than 10 minutes remaining in regulation to set the stage for Tom Wilson’s overtime winner as the Capitals (40-14-8, 88 points) moved into a tie in terms of standing points with the League-leading Jets (42-16-4, 88 points). Ovechkin’s goal marked the 885th of his career, moving him within 10 of capturing the NHL’s goals record from Wayne Gretzky (894).
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* Ovechkin recorded his 32nd career game-tying goal in the final 10 minutes of regulation and tied Gretzky for the most in NHL history. It also marked his 86th point in that scenario, moving him past “The Great One” for the most.
* Ovechkin has scored 156 of his 885 career goals in March and is just one back from tying Gretzky (157 in December) for the most in any calendar month.
* The Capitals captain is now on pace to break the all-time NHL goals record April 6 on the road against the Islanders at this season’s goals-per-game rate of 0.70. At his career goals-per-game rate of 0.60, he would break the record April 12 in Columbus.

sauce: https://media.nhl.com/public/news/18759
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Hope he does it on home ice
 
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Can someone explain to me why Caps are not considered legit Cup contenders?
For me, they have won me over, why wouldnt they have a shot at the Cup?
 
BallardEra said:
He has 10 in his last 12 games.

Hopefully he's trying for #900 in that last game.
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Current season's pace is .69 goal/game. With 20 games left that would mean maybe 14 more goals to finish at 899 on the year. Would be epic to see him keep up this hot pace and hit 900.
 
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Greatzsky 99 said:
Can someone explain to me why Caps are not considered legit Cup contenders?
For me, they have won me over, why wouldnt they have a shot at the Cup?
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I think people can't let go of the pre-season predictions. They weren't supposed to be competitive and weren't even supposed to make the playoffs. Getting swept in embarrassing fashion in 4 by the Rangers last year still inflicts some recency bias too.

Having watched this team for 20+ years, what's interesting about this team is the balance. Yes, Ovie is gonna Ovie. But as a testament to the depth of this team, they are leading the league and didn't have a single player in the 4Nations tournament.

This team also has resiliency they didn't last year. If we got down by a goal or two last year, we were toast. This year, if I'm not mistaken, they have the most comeback wins of any team. They also have some insane 3rd +/-, for those who believe in that.

Aside from some goalie up in Winnipeg, Thompson has been Vezina caliber. Lindgren has been a very capable backup, though they started out as 1A and 1B, Thompson now owns the crease and Charlie is the backup.

They've seamlessly added a bunch of new players [Dubois, Chychrun, Mangio, Thompson], Strome is showing why he was such a high draft pick, and players like McMichael and Protas have developed in top 9 talent. Frank has been a pleasant surprise.

The Achilles' heel for this team is that they still have a tendency to "take a period" off here and there, which can burn you in the playoffs.
 
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nothingbeatshockey said:
I think people can't let go of the pre-season predictions. They weren't supposed to be competitive and weren't even supposed to make the playoffs. Getting swept in embarrassing fashion in 4 by the Rangers last year still inflicts some recency bias too.

Having watched this team for 20+ years, what's interesting about this team is the balance. Yes, Ovie is gonna Ovie. But as a testament to the depth of this team, they are leading the league and didn't have a single player in the 4Nations tournament.

This team also has resiliency they didn't last year. If we got down by a goal or two last year, we were toast. This year, if I'm not mistaken, they have the most comeback wins of any team. They also have some insane 3rd +/-, for those who believe in that.

Aside from some goalie up in Winnipeg, Thompson has been Vezina caliber. Lindgren has been a very capable backup, though they started out as 1A and 1B, Thompson now owns the crease and Charlie is the backup.

They've seamlessly added a bunch of new players [Dubois, Chychrun, Mangio, Thompson], Strome is showing why he was such a high draft pick, and players like McMichael and Protas have developed in top 9 talent. Frank has been a pleasant surprise.

The Achilles' heel for this team is that they still have a tendency to "take a period" off here and there, which can burn you in the playoffs.
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I think similar thoughts exist with Winnipeg as well...since you mention them. They are 1st overall and have been pretty much the whole year, but I'm guessing not many people see them as cup favourites.

max21 said:
Whatever goalie gets the goal breaking matchup, sucks for them
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Not really, probably a privilege really. So what, you let in goal #895....just a single goal. What you don't want to be is the guy that gave up more goals against "x" player than anyone else....but that isn't really a widely publicized stat.
 
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