Ovechkin countdown

[TAFKAP]

The question now is, will Ovie be the first to 1000 goals.

[danno]

Gretzky's 894 is just regular season goals right? Won't Ovechkin have to score several more to break the actual ALL-TIME goal record?

[HighStick]

The question now is, will Ovie be the first to 1000 goals.

I think Oves done if he breaks the record this year.
He will retire at the end of the season.

[Spyro Gyra]

Ovechkin notches one against the Sharks today. He now needs 8 goals to pass Gretzky.

[sdaltons]

Gretzky's 894 is just regular season goals right? Won't Ovechkin have to score several more to break the actual ALL-TIME goal record?

Gretz has him Ovie by 50 in playoff goals, but no one looks at it that way. That's a separate stat that also seems impossible to imagine someone breaking.

[82birds]

Ovechkin notches one against the Sharks today. He now needs 8 goals to pass Gretzky.

you beat me to it.

[moose-and-squirrel]

Gretzky's 894 is just regular season goals right? Won't Ovechkin have to score several more to break the actual ALL-TIME goal record?

Gretz has him Ovie by 50 in playoff goals, but no one looks at it that way. That's a separate stat that also seems impossible to imagine someone breaking.

everyone plays the same amount of reg season games, but not necessarily the same amount of playoff games. def apples to oranges

[Blues Dave]

So many variables, we can't think of all of them. Gretz had body guards, Ovi is his own body guard, etc, etc, etc. Both players are greats, but I still have to give Gretzky the edge, but hats off to Ovi.

[82birds]

as was mentioned eariler in this thread, I never thought Gretzky's record would be broken

[LuvthaBlues]

#35…crazy!

[82birds]

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th career goal to move seven away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record.

Ovechkin scored in the Washington Capitals' home game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night, beating Samuel Ersson with 5:35 left in the first period.

[82birds]

WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th career goal to move seven away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career record.

Ovechkin scored in the Washington Capitals' home game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night, beating Samuel Ersson with 5:35 left in the first period.

Ovechkin scored his 888th goal Thursday night in a 3-2 victory by the Washington Capitals over Philadelphia that helped them clinch a playoff berth, moving seven back of passing Gretzky's mark of 894 that long seemed unapproachable.

[netboy65]

99 had another 43 goals for Edm the year before they came into the NHL

[82birds]

Ovi another tonight

[todd-parker]

Other interesting comparisons:

Power-play goals:

Gretzky-204
Ovechkin-321

Short-handed goals:

Gretzky-73
Ovechkin-5

[82birds]

Other interesting comparisons:

Power-play goals:

Gretzky-204
Ovechkin-321

Short-handed goals:

Gretzky-73
Ovechkin-5

good stuff t-p