Ovechkin Milestone Thread - Countdown to 894

[pezpunk]

What a MFing bullet, too. Danggg.

Also his reaction was practically angry, rather than his usual exuberance. I think he’s as frustrated by the stagnant power play scheme as caps fans are.

 

[BallardEra]

Did the game feed mention how fast that shot was? Easy 90+ for sure IMO.

 

[EdJovanovski]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1853207978234511381

 

[Acetylene]

Beast Mode

 

[Hockey Outsider]

I missed this by a few days, but Ovechkin recently became the 9th player in NHL history to reach 1,400 primary points (RS and PO combined):

Player	RS G	RS A1	PO G	PO A1	PRIM
Wayne Gretzky	894	1,324	122	182	2,522
Gordie Howe	801	746	68	63	1,678
Mark Messier	694	751	109	119	1,673
Jaromir Jagr	766	684	78	67	1,595
Mario Lemieux	690	654	76	66	1,486
Steve Yzerman	692	650	70	72	1,484
Ron Francis	549	797	46	61	1,453
Marcel Dionne	731	662	21	24	1,438
Alex Ovechkin	860	430	72	40	1,402

 

[Calderon]

Goal in four straight games. If he gets another point it'll be four consecutive multi point games as well, possibly a record for 39-year-olds?

The Caps are really clicking, who would've thought after last season. It's quite different when the team is this competitive compared to San alternate scenario where a veteran star is limping towards a looming record with nothing else going for the team.

Only last week I guessed Ovi would score 37-40 goals and narrowly fall short of the record this season but this is looking pretty pretty good right now. Could he get one more 50 goal campaign? Additionally, Strome could get 90 points easy the way they've started.

 

[BallardEra]

7 goals after 11 games this season.

8 goals after 43 games last season.

 

[Firsov99]

Goal in four straight games. If he gets another point it'll be four consecutive multi point games as well, possibly a record for 39-year-olds?

The Caps are really clicking, who would've thought after last season. It's quite different when the team is this competitive compared to San alternate scenario where a veteran star is limping towards a looming record with nothing else going for the team.

Only last week I guessed Ovi would score 37-40 goals and narrowly fall short of the record this season but this is looking pretty pretty good right now. Could he get one more 50 goal campaign? Additionally, Strome could get 90 points easy the way they've started.

I wish he could hit 50. This would give him the most 50 goal seasons. He would have had the record by himself if it weren’t for Covid. I think he ended up with 48 goals while still having 11 or 12 games left when the league decided to end the regular season.

 

[kugelbahn]

Game tying goal 145, all-time leader by 6 over G1

 

[Monsieur Miz]

He didn't move an inch for like 15 seconds, everybody knows he's there waiting for the one-timer... and he still scores. Just the GOAT.

 

[BallardEra]

30 goals in his last 47 games.

 

[LevelingSolo]

Don’t forget all the users on here that thought he would only score 20 goals

 

[BallardEra]

Don’t forget all the users on here that thought he would only score 20 goals

They haven’t posted in weeks.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

Nothing is stopping this man.

 

[kugelbahn]

Also road goal 436, all-time leader by 34 over G1

 

[Arthur Morgan]

OV is better than LeBron

 

[TJHKY]

 

[Zalos]

Can't wait for him to score goal #888, leave the ice, exit the game, and retire the next day.

No but seriously, I remember a lot of people saying 5-6 years ago that he had like a 10% chance to pass Gretzky. The guy will easily pass him... the question is if he'll be able to reach the insane 1000-goal mark.

 

[potatowejj]

20 years later and this dude still has a top 5 shot in this league. Best one timer in league history.

 

[ViD]

A lot of people are forgetting what kind of a player Ovechkin was in his prime, a truly unique mix of skill, speed and power, he could single-handedly take over a game by hitting, dangling, shooting. In today’s NHL only McDavid could score goals like in this reel thanks to his skating and puck handling

 

[HabsCode]

A lot of people are forgetting what kind of a player Ovechkin was in his prime, a truly unique mix of skill, speed and power, he could single-handedly take over a game by hitting, dangling, shooting. In today’s NHL only McDavid could score goals like in this reel thanks to his skating and puck handling

Yeah retro-ovechkin was something else. I remember tuning on the sports news each morning after a Capitals game just to see the highlights from Ovechkin, (which were spectacular everytime).

 

[BobCole]

Penguins fan here. I now eagerly look at boxscores hoping to see OV's name on it. Genuinely stoked to see the guy break the record. I imagine his 895+ will last for a long, long, long, long, long, long time.

 

[LevelingSolo]

A lot of people are forgetting what kind of a player Ovechkin was in his prime, a truly unique mix of skill, speed and power, he could single-handedly take over a game by hitting, dangling, shooting. In today’s NHL only McDavid could score goals like in this reel thanks to his skating and puck handling

I think Ovechkins 07-08 season is second to McDavid's 22-23 in terms of the best MVP Season post lockout

 

[Fantomas]

I think Ovechkins 07-08 season is second to McDavid's 22-23 in terms of the best MVP Season post lockout

I'd say these two seasons are the best since Mario in '96.

 

[DRW895]

7 goals after 11 games this season.

8 goals after 43 games last season.

That should be 11 goals in last season starting 43, we all know about 3 disgracefully stolen pure goals against MIN, EDM and NSH.
Still impsressive comparassion