[23-JAN-2019] #OviWatch

Loss after loss after loss... the Caps are in a slide. A bad one. A six game slide. It's ugly. The one bright spot, though? Ovi has 36 goals this season in 49 games played. But even that's slower than his torrid start. He's still on pace for 60, but only just. 

In his career, Ovi has 643 goals in 1052 games played. That puts him three goals ahead of Dave Andreychuk, for sole possession of 14th. 


01 - Wayne Gretzky    - 894 G in 1487 GP +251
02 - Gordie Howe      - 801 G in 1767 GP +158
03 - Jaromír Jágr     - 765 G in 1714 GP +122
04 - Brett Hull       - 741 G in 1269 GP + 98
05 - Marcel Dionne    - 731 G in 1348 GP + 88
06 - Phil Esposito    - 717 G in 1282 GP + 74
07 - Mike Gartner     - 708 G in 1432 GP + 65
08 - Mark Messier     - 694 G in 1756 GP + 51
09 - Steve Yzerman    - 692 G in 1514 GP + 49
10 - Mario Lemieux    - 690 G in  915 GP + 47
11 - Teemu Selänne    - 684 G in 1451 GP + 41 not bloody likely
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12 - Luc Robataille   - 667 G in 1431 GP + 24 possible
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13 - Brendan Shanahan - 656 G in 1431 GP + 13 probable
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14 - Alex Ovechkin    - 643 G in 1052 GP Tied
15 - Dave Andreychuk  - 640 G in 1639 GP 

This means our hero needs 251 goals to catch Gretzky. 

Gretzky                         Ovi
1979-80.....51 G in   79 GP     2005-06.....52 G in   81 GP
1980-81.....55 G in   80 GP     2006-07.....46 G in   82 GP
1981-82.....92 G in   80 GP     2007-08.....65 G in   82 GP
1982-83.....71 G in   80 GP     2008-09.....56 G in   79 GP
1983-84.....87 G in   74 GP     2009-10.....50 G in   72 GP
1984-85.....73 G in   80 GP     2010-11.....32 G in   79 GP
1985-86.....52 G in   80 GP     2011-12.....38 G in   78 GP
1986-87.....62 G in   79 GP     2012-13.....32 G in   48 GP *lockout
1987-88.....40 G in   64 GP     2013-14.....51 G in   78 GP
1988-89.....54 G in   76 GP     2014-15.....53 G in   81 GP
1989-90.....40 G in   73 GP     2015-16.....50 G in   79 GP
1990-91.....41 G in   78 GP     2016-17.....33 G in   82 GP
1991-92.....31 G in   74 GP     2017-18.....49 G in   82 GP
1992-93.....16 G in   45 GP     2018-19.....36 G in   49 GP so far
1993-94.....38 G in   81 GP     --------------------------------
1994-95.....11 G in   48 GP                643 G in 1052 GP
1995-96.....15 G in   62 GP
1996-97.....25 G in   82 GP
1997-98.....23 G in   82 GP
1998-99......9 G in   70 GP
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           894 G in 1487 GP

He has 6-1/2 more seasons before he's played in the same number of seasons as Gretzky. Assuming he finishes this season with 50 goals... that will put him at 657 goals, needing 237 goals to catch Gretzky. He needs an average of 39.5 goals for the next six seasons to do that.

I'm not