Lou Sassole
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That was great, he got Pro his hat trick.
Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894 (Continued)
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Greatzsky 99
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Its me thats selfish, i got pumped when i saw he got the oppurtunity, he is being good captain and team mate.
Yeah he would have banked that in if he felt it was more important than Protas first career hatty.
Tells me all I need to know about the chemistry of the caps in 24-25. What a group.
Not gonna lie, even as a caps fan who might come off as a bit biased - I really like the caps chances going in to the post season.
And hopefully, Ovy manages to break the record before that and they're rolling on that.
Tells me all I need to know about the chemistry of the caps in 24-25. What a group.
Not gonna lie, even as a caps fan who might come off as a bit biased - I really like the caps chances going in to the post season.
And hopefully, Ovy manages to break the record before that and they're rolling on that.
Ovechkin gets to 894 this season and has to wait until the next one to break the record, and we'll remember and debate this selfless moment over the summer.
Unfortunately Matthews and Ovechkin are both born September 17th so they're exactly 12 years apart. Ovechkin 12 years ago on march 12th 2013 was sitting at 348 goals. Matthews right now has 391 goals. So Matthews right now is still up 43 goals on Ovechkin at 27 years old and Matthews still has 12 more years of hockey in him compared to Ovechkin.Matthews has 391 G after 610 games.
OV had 380 G after 610 games which include biggest slump of his career.
In the next 25 games OV added 21 goals, so he was at 401 in 635.
I think Matthews will be around 400 mark by the end of the season with 19 games left.
Auston's GPG advantage is almost gone now at same point of their careers.
Question is, can he be at around 50G / 82 games pace in next 11 seasons like OV? Will Auston play 900 more games?
BallardEra
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BallardEra
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Ovechkin, who is nine goals from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most in NHL history (894), had room to shoot the puck, but opted to pass it to the wide open Protas for his first NHL hat trick.
"I just saw the eye contact with 'Ovi,' " Protas said. "With an unreal accomplishment coming up and he makes that play, and how happy he is for me, that says everything about him as a teammate."
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"I just saw the eye contact with 'Ovi,' " Protas said. "With an unreal accomplishment coming up and he makes that play, and how happy he is for me, that says everything about him as a teammate."
Protas scores 1st NHL hat trick, Capitals top Ducks for 5th straight win | NHL.com
Ovechkin, Dubois each has 3 points for Washington; Mintyukov, Vatrano each gets goal, assist for Anaheim
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BallardEra
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7 years ago on this day Ovechkin scored career goal #600 in his 990th game. (March 12, 2018)
Since then he has scored 286 more goals in 485 games from age 32-39 seasons.
That's a .5897 goals per game pace and averages out to 48.4 goals over 82 games.
Since then he has scored 286 more goals in 485 games from age 32-39 seasons.
That's a .5897 goals per game pace and averages out to 48.4 goals over 82 games.
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WarriorofTime
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Scoring shot up during Ovechkin’s late career after being very low for much of it. Matthews has played in the high scoring nhl up to this point. It’ll likely be difficult to maintain a level similar to his current as Ovechkin unless scoring shoots up some more to get more like 80s level. Scoring is a bit down this year. If it were to drop for much of Matthews remaining career then I think he moves into clear no shot territory. Even staying around where it’s at will make it difficult as it would require Matthews to stay as good as he is now.
Yeah, Matthews started 1 yr younger, I was mostly accounting for wear/tear factor at 610 games.
There is another way to look at it as well:
in first 9 seasons, age 20-28, OV had 422 goals.
in first 9 seasons, age 19-27, Matthews will have around 400 goals.
Lets assume OV finishes with around 925.
So if Auston plays 13 more years, one more compared to OV, he will need 525 goals in those.
Nobody but @Mulletman predicted that OV will catch Gretz with 11 seasons to go.
So I will humbly wait for your prediction
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BallardEra
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Will be 13 more years. Age 28-40 seasons. (Gains a season more because Ovie misses his rookie one)
Would have to average 40.38 the goals over that span to hit 525 goals.
