Regardez le capitaine des Capitals de Washington, Alex Ovechkin, affiche sa coordination œil-main pour dévier son 890e but en carrière, ce qui lui rend cinq timides de battre le record de tous les temps de Wayne Gretzky. ———————————– https://www.facebook.com/sportsnet https://twitter.com/sportsnet https://www.instagram.com/sportsnet/ https://www.tiktok.com/@sportsnet ———————————– #nhl
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The mascot is the most American thing ever. 🤣🎇🔫🦅
I think the caps are going to get bounced round one
As oil fan im happy for him im glad that i, we get to witness it
Задолбали проигрывать, как они там первое место занимают ?! Как ни включу, вечно проигрывают!
We're on the cusp of witnessing history ladies and gents.
Man, I hope he does it this year.
This guys going to have a great career!
Damn the net wasn't even empty
I am actually happy to see Ovechkin going to over take Gretzky in goals!
As great a player as he was Gretzky played on an "All Star" team in a NHL era that was very watered down ….too many teams and not enough NHL caliber players, so thus you had teams like the Hartford Whalers who Gretzky himself categorized as "Mickey Mouse" operations!
Ovechkin has been playing in a league where goals are not easy to come by, which makes every goal he scores that much more impressive! He is scoring against much better goaltenders and much better teams!
my opinion 🦂
Саша, мы верим в тебя! Ты лучший!
Ovechkin has 44 more game winning goals than Gretzky which doesn’t even sound real bc it’s so insane… and yet, every video posted some tool is focused about empty netters. Which he only has nine more.
But the same people would be keyed into some other petty reason to be reductive of his record and career if it wasn’t for empty netters, let’s be real.
Getting close
Most NHL goals from age 30 season and on:
Ovechkin – 415
Howe – 415
Esposito – 409
Bucyk – 374
Selanne – 338
Brett Hull – 328
Dionne – 321
Messier – 314
Jagr – 306
Gartner – 304
new countdown begins.
I'll never be a caps fan, but man i've been rootin the great 8. Lets Go!!!
Our elephant! <3
Imagine the motivation boost to go into the playoffs if he beats the record
Я надеюсь что ОВИ побьёт рекорд Гретцки уже в этом сезоне!
Quite frankly, I didn't think anyone would break this record in my lifetime. Well done Ovechkin. 😎👍🏒 Only 5 left to beat Wayne Gretzky's record. 😎👍🏒🏒🏒🏒🏒🏒
5 MORE
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 stat 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: 890 goals x 1.32 = 1175 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 even 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.
5 GOALS TO GO! 37 ON THE YEAR!
Дай БОГ Александру Овечкину здоровья, крепости духа и сил и дай БОГ Александру Овечкину в NHL забить 900-шайб.
+ 10!
Саня конечно забил, плюс два асиста…. Но столичные проиграли снова….
Давай Саня осталось немного 🎉🎉🎉
Shoutout the Sabres fan in the 26 sweater sitting rink-side who was clapping for Ovie. Great ticket, great spot to be…hope he enjoyed the game.
Slava Ukraini.
2 of my fav teams ❤ but im not even mad the caps lost happy that OVI keeps on driving closer to immortality
5 to break Gretzky's record.
4 to tie Gretzky's record.
3 to update his own NHL record for 40 goals seasons to 14.
2 ESG to tie Howe for 2nd all-time.
1 GWG to break Jagr's record.
Саня делай! Твои голы это самое счастливое в моей ленте! Ярославль с тобой!
If he doesn't pass it this season he's a loser. 😂 JP
Ови феномен, сколько здоровья в почти 40 лет такое творить. Ждем рекорда и поздравление Сани от Грецки.
This makes me wonder what if Alex Ovechkin breaks the record but the Caps lose the game?
We need Gary back at the helm calling these Caps games pronto!!!
Овечкин как вино с возрастом становится только лучше
GREAT !!!!!!!!!
Haha didnt look like Ovie touched it in any way
Romans 15:13- “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Если в следующей игре забьёт 1 гол, то дальше будет просто: надо будет забивать 1 гол за каждые две игры.
Class Act. The Great 8
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i disliked this video
OV’s probably thinking he should have been standing in front of the net tipping shots instead of standing on that dot one timing PP goals…he would have destroyed Gretzky’s record 3 years ago 😂
History! It can be counted on the fingers of one hand! 😮✌️👏
“He can see the mountain top from here, we’re at defcon 5.” What a goal call