Sitting pretty on top of the goal scoring race, Ovi now has 9 goals in 6 games played. Now with 567 goals, he is sitting 22nd all time! While he's unlikely to continue that torrid pace (123 goals in a single season?!), it'll be fun to watch...
Here's the route to the top...
01 - Wayne Gretzky - 894 G in 1487 GP +327
02 - Gordie Howe - 801 G in 1767 GP +234
03 - Jaromir Jagr - 765 G in 1714 GP +198
04 - Brett Hull - 741 G in 1269 GP +174
05 - Marcel Dionne - 731 G in 1348 GP +164
06 - Phil Esposito - 717 G in 1282 GP +150
07 - Mike Gartner - 708 G in 1432 GP +141
08 - Mark Messier - 694 G in 1756 GP +127
09 - Steve Yzerman - 692 G in 1514 GP +125
10 - Mario Lemieux - 690 G in 915 GP +123
11 - Teemu Selanne - 684 G in 1451 GP +117
12 - Luc Robataille - 668 G in 1431 GP +101
13 - Brendan Shanahan - 656 G in 1524 GP + 89
14 - Dave Andreychuk - 640 G in 1639 GP + 73
15 - Joe Sakic - 625 G in 1378 GP + 58
16 - Jarome Iginla - 625 G in 1554 GP + 59
17 - Bobby Hull - 610 G in 1063 GP + 43
18 - Dino Ciccarelli - 608 G in 1232 GP + 41
19 - Jari Kurri - 601 G in 1251 GP + 34
20 - Mark Recchi - 577 G in 1652 GP + 10
21 - Mike Bossy - 573 G in 752 GP + 6
22 - Alex Ovechkin - 567 G in 927 GP
Let's talk about game-winning goals...
Ovi currently has 95 of those, and the #1 spot is 135, held by Jaromir Jagr. Gretzky himself only had 91. Ovi sits in 12th right now. Of course, Jagr is still playing... how much longer remains to be seen.
Power play goals...
At the moment, Ovi has 214 of those, sitting 13th... the record is held by Dave Andreychuk, with 274.
Overtime goals...
Ovi is tied, for now, for 1st with Jagr - both of them have 19 of those beauties! Of course, a lot of the major goal scorers played in an era when ties happened, so there weren't any overtime goals, but still....!
Here's to the start of the 2107-18 season, and may the Caps improve considerably as a team... Ovi plays well when he has to pick the team up and carry them, but if the defense doesn't get their act together, it's going to be a very long season...
