Will Ovechkin hit 20 goals this season?

[powerbomb]

Ovechkin has one goal in his last fifteen games; goaltender Jarry has one in his last six! He needs to break out of this slump so I can stop keeping track

 

[moropanov]

Hmm Ovechkin might be worst player in NHL this season if taken into account role /opportunity and results so far. Many AHL guys would have scored 10+ goals in his position arguably.

 

[jetsforever]

0 in 13 now, wow

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Ovi breakout incoming. E4.

 

[njdevils1982]

Ovi breakout incoming. E4.

E4?

i've seen that error code on the digital display of my whirlpool oven... it's either a bad temperature sensor, or a bad display relay control board

which one is it for ovi?

 

[Green]

He will get at least 1 goal when the Islanders play the Capitals on Wedensday, I don't know about any other games

 

[coooldude]

Wow, that was a lot of words. You said nothing about injuries. Here is what you said

coooldude said:
My bet would be he plays next year, starts seeing 4th line minutes and PP minutes, scores another 10-15, maybe, and retires.

So thanks for amending that, it infers something completely different. Your list at the bottom doesn’t mention a single hockey player either, so I think it’s safe to say not only could you not think of an example, but you couldn’t even research one. It’s extremely common for star players, especially in hockey, to stay with one team. The examples are countless, but Mario is my favorite.

You must have missed the entire "retired early" section, which, I might add, I also selected for players who were majority "one team" guys. I'll just point you right back to the post I made, which started with an entire section of "retired early" hockey players, then pointed out that LTIR retirement is common and is basically the same thing but with a cap benefit to the team. Nothing you have said has negated anything I've said, you've made no case for why Ovie will somehow magically keep playing and scoring in '25-'26 despite his obvious decline, but you have told me that I don't know anything about hockey and that I'm an idiot, so... success for you. Enjoy the rest of your posting life.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

He was struggling to score already last season, from 73 games
in 44 of them, he couldn't score a goal, so his 42 goals,... he scored in 29 games...

22-23 season : 44 x 0 goal games
21-22 season : 35 x 0 goal games (77 games - 50 goals in 42 games)

 

[Artorius Horus T]

I think his goal total of 42 was giving the wrong idea, wrong picture rather.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Dude isn’t turning 65. His release quickness might go, but he is likely stronger than ever.

His main issue right now is he is just too slow to get to his spots to score. He’s still effective in his somewhat stationary spot as a cannon on the PP.

His shot is quite a bit slower though, NHL edge stats show that. Shot speed is down 10-15 mph from two years ago. That's a very significant drop

 

[Woodrow]

If you look at NHL edge stats his max speed(he put up a 98.4mph shot vs Nashville a couple days ago) shot is down slightly vs a couple years ago. His average shot speed seems to be up but I'm kind of puzzled how he could have had 33.87average in 21-22 vs 59.76 this year. The 33.87 is really low that I thinkt it must be a mistake/typo or something or I'm reading that stat wrong. Still his shot appears to be among the best in the NHL(95th percentile) but the puck isn't going in.

The thing that really stands out to me though when looking at his NHL edge stats is that his skating is way worse than it was two years ago. He is way down in every speed burst stat vs 2 years ago. His top skating speed is also down. He did however reach his top speed of the season last game.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

I’ll say what I did before if he was washed his assists would be worse. Mans is just ice cold.

 

[jigglysquishy]

I’ll say what I did before if he was washed his assists would be worse. Mans is just ice cold.

I mostly agree. He's on pace for 35 assists, a little more than last year.

Either it's a historic cold streak or a problem with the shot. That he's been sitting at roughly the same assist level for four seasons now implies less of a washed up state than his goal totals.

I still think there might be some lingering injury or something.

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

Russian machine is broken. Love it !! Gretzky's record is safe.

 

[george14]

There was a play last night near the Caps bench where Ovi received the puck and literally looked like a beer leaguer that hadn’t played since high school. He fumbled the puck snd almost tripped over himself. It was honestly sad to watch.

https://x.com/capsreplays/status/1736533649728700471?s=20

 

[TeeTee]

To me, the only difference I see this year is that he isn't scoring. The rest of his game is unchanged.

 

[NHL1674]

He needs to play the Wild.

 

[RickyLafleur]

Just has to play against Ottawa. Best slump busters in existence.

 

[lokomotiv15]

People that don’t or haven’t played a high enough level of hockey don’t realize how hard it is to consistently generate shots 5-on-5 and to a degree the powerplay. If he’s still generating almost 4 shots a game and some are 5 on 5, he isn’t totally roasted yet :

 

[george14]

People that don’t or haven’t played a high enough level of hockey don’t realize how hard it is to consistently generate shots 5-on-5 and to a degree the powerplay. If he’s still generating almost 4 shots a game and some are 5 on 5, he isn’t totally roasted yet :

Thankfully we have retired NHLers on the forum like yourself.

 

[BallardEra]

What’s behind Alex Ovechkin’s scoring decline? Breaking down his offensive drop-off

One of the greatest goal scorers of all time is experiencing an unexpected decline this season. Can the aging superstar turn things around?

theathletic.com

 

[jigglysquishy]

What’s behind Alex Ovechkin’s scoring decline? Breaking down his offensive drop-off

One of the greatest goal scorers of all time is experiencing an unexpected decline this season. Can the aging superstar turn things around?

theathletic.com

It's an interesting article, but it largely concludes not knowing.

It's interesting they highlight he's missing the net more than normal and getting shots blocked more than normal. But it asks more questions than gives answers.

 

[lokomotiv15]

Thankfully we have retired NHLers on the forum like yourself.

Feel free to DM for a signed photo

 

[BallardEra]

Raise your hand if you thought Radko Gudas would have as many goals as Ovechkin at this point of the season.

 

[mab894]

Yes. I think he will hit 20