I am bouncing off the walls.
Last night... it finally happened! Alex Ovechkin has hoisted the Stanley Cup, and passed it to his teammates, his coach, and Uncle Ted. The Caps have drunk champagne from the chalice of victory! WHEW! It's been a long time coming!
And I can't believe I never posted this!
#LetsGoCaps! #BackToBack! #BackToBack! #BackToBack!
Thursday, April 4, 2019
[4-APR-2019] Revisiting an old post...
[10-Nov-2015] Let's talk about some more records...
Most overtime goals currently belongs to Jaromir Jagr, with 19, scored in 1562 games.
Ovechkin has 15 in his 772 games, good for third all time, and tied with Mats Sundin (15 in 1346) and our old friend Sergei Fedorov (15 in 1248). I see Ovi easily eclipsing this mark in his career, especially now that overtime is 3-on-3 instead of 4-on-4...
Most game winning goals also belongs to Jagr, with 129 in 1562 games played.
Ovechkin has 81 in his 772 games, good for 24th place. I also see Ovi eclipsing this mark. He needs only 48 game winning goals to get there.
Most power play goals belongs to Joe Sakic, with 631 in 1378 games played.
Ovechkin is in 48th place, with 357 in his 772 games. He needs 274 more to catch Sakic, and I think he will do that as well...
Ovi has taken over most overtime goals, with 22 (and counting).
He's moved up to 7th place in GWGs, with 107, leaving him to need only 28 to eclipse Jagr's 135. Jagr has since retired, and there are no active players standing in Ovi's way.
And he's moved up to 4th place in PPGs, with 247, leaving him to need 27 to catch Andreychuk, again, with no active players in his way.
As for goals, in general, we already talked about that, but NHL.com is now indicating that Ovi actually wants to try to break Gretzky's record. I can't wait to see if he can do it.
Never bet against Ovi. :-)
Also, since the Caps play the Habs tonight... I hope this post isn't a jinx!
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