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IL FAUT LE VOIR: Alexander Ovechkin des Capitals frappe le record du 403e but sur la route



Regardez l’attaquant des Capitals de Washington Alexander Ovechkin battre le gardien des Canucks de Vancouver Spencer Martin pour marquer le 793e but de sa carrière et dépasser Wayne Gretzky pour devenir le nouveau détenteur du record de la LNH avec 403 buts sur la route.

38 Comments

  6. September2004

    Of course it has happened to the Canucks. They couldn't not be part of the other side of history for a change?

  12. jblenz

    Crazy that canucks will forever be the team that ovechkin beat Gretzky in away goals😐 congratulations ovi you deserve it

  13. BuffaloSabresFan

    The fact he has done that same goal hundreds of times and it still beats the caliber of goalie we produce today is mind boggling. Truly a great. Thank you Ovie.

  17. Alan S

    Gretzky got his first goal on Canucks
    Gretzky got his 200nd goal on Canucks
    Gretzky got his 500th goal on Canucks
    Gretzky got his record 802nd goal on Canucks
    Gretzky got his first blues goal on his first shot on Canucks
    Gretzky got his 50th hat trick on Canucks
    Gretzky got his 2nd last goal to tie Howe (1071 pro goals all time) on Canucks

    Canucks may never win the cup, but they are likely candidates for Ovi's 895th 🙂

  20. Sean Edwards

    I will say it again without the link to the October 13, 2022 Toronto Star's criticism of the NHL for allowing Putin supporting Ovechkin to continue playing while his genocidal czar commits war crimes in Ukraine: To hell with Ovechkin.

  28. MelO

    It's remarkable how the greatest goal scorers of an era get record setting goals against our Canucks haha. Gretz and now Ovi.

    Can we get one?

  33. OVI-Wan Kenobi

    Back in the 80's there was an average of almost 8 players per season who scored 50 or more goals. In the modern NHL era after the 2004/2005 lockout, that same average has fallen to an average of just 2 players per season. No other player in the modern NHL era has even come remotely close to Ovechkin when it comes to goal total. Even Wayne Gretzky 'The Great One' himself clearly admitted in a 2019 interview: "I played in the right era, it's harder to score now than it was when I played."

    The statistical average number of goals scored per game per team in the 14 NHL seasons between 1979 to 1993 when Gretzky played his first 14 seasons was 3.74 goals. The statistical average number of goals scored per game per team in the 14 NHL seasons between 2005 to 2019 when Ovechkin played in his first 14 seasons was 2.84 goals. That's a 32% difference which means that it is statistically 32% more difficult to score goals in the modern era compared to back in the 80's and early 90's.

    When people only look at a 1:1 goal comparison between Gretzky's total goals and Ovechkin's total goals, its like comparing a sprinter who is running on flat level surface to that of a sprinter running uphill on an incline. Ovechkin's modern era goal total needs to be calibrated by a factor of 32% in order to properly compare to Gretzky's goal total: 791 goals x 1.32 = 1044 goals > Gretzky's 894 goals. And that's even before adding in the 50+ goals Ovechkin would have certainly scored in the 2004/2005 lockout season, not to mention the 2 recent shortened seasons due to the pandemic.

    It really puts into perspective what Ovechkin has achieved in the modern NHL era while even having played one less season than Gretzky, and Ovechkin still has 5 or 6 seasons left to play still. It's like catching up to the fastest sprinter in history after having a late start, while running against an incline, and then passing that fastest sprinter while there is still a quarter length of track remaining.

    Just look at the difference between goalies from the 80's and goalies in the modern NHL era. Look at the difference in their size of pads, height, reach, flexibility, technique, and skill. Most goalies from the 80's played worse than today's amateur beer league goalies. During Gretzky's first 14 seasons, the average NHL goalie save % was 0.879 and the average GAA was 3.65, which is unheard of among today's modern era NHL goalies, except maybe in the minors. Also, no players bothered to block shots back in the 80's, imagine how many more goals Ovechkin would have if players today played 80's style defense and did not bother to block shots.

    Gretzky also played on a decade-long dynasty team in an era that had no salary cap. The 80's Oilers Dynasty fab 5 would have never been allowed to exist on the same team after the salary cap was put in place starting in 2005 during Ovechkin's first season. Ovechkin played every single season under a limiting cap which made the league way more competitive and evenly distributed, Gretzky never did, not even a single season.

    Also, Gretzky had the luxury of having his two on-ice bodyguard thugs (Semenko and McSorley) with him all throughout the 80s and the first half of the 90s. Semenko and McSorley constantly intimidated other players and made sure nobody touched Gretzky whenever he had the puck which allowed Gretzky to make all those plays and rack up all those points. Back in the 80s and early 90s, Gretzky was the NHL's official Golden Boy and nobody was allowed to lay a hand on him.

  34. Bob Meyer

    Martin is trash. The Canucks are trash just like their city that smells like trash.

  35. Double Double 4G

    Oldest player to score 50 in one season as as of last season. Wonder if he can break that again THIS season?

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