Alex Ovechkin hits 700 career NHL goals!

[Khomutov]

What a lame way to get 700.

What. It was a great shot.

 

[DearDiary]

What. It was a great shot.

You're talking to a Blue Jackets homer who is offended by anything a Metro team does

 

[Confucius]

congrats Ovi, I think the other 699 were against the Leafs.

 

[Absolut]

They wouldn't pull their goalie on the last game of the 2017-2018 season against the Caps when down by 1 to keep him at 49 goals and thus denying him a 50 goal season for the record books, hence all the bad karma since. Hopefully for them with this the karma debt has been repaid.

Ovechkin got a massive standing O from NJ fans. The debt has been repaid in full.

 

[c9777666]

What. It was a great shot.

On the road against a bad devils team. Tomorrow was lining up- NBC, nat televised, vs Pittsburgh, first place in Metro, against Ovy’s eternal rival.

Should have been like when he got point #1000 at home vis PIT vs on the road against the Worst East team not named DET

 

[Ugene Magic]

Mad respect for OV and 700.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Congrats to Ovechkin - a huge milestone. Here's a list of many games it's taken each player to score 700 goals:

Wayne Gretzky	886
Alex Ovechkin	1,144
Brett Hull	1,157
Phil Esposito	1,214
Marcel Dionne	1,255
Mike Gartner	1,390
Jaromir Jagr	1,452
Gordie Howe	1,493

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

That's not a typo for Gretzky. He really was that fast (much higher scoring era though).

 

[SkinsFan09]

Most exciting? Probably Kane. Not saying O isn't really great but he is something of a one trick pony, which by definition makes him less exciting to watch.

Ovechkin from 2005-10 is enough to put him ahead of Kane on the excitement scale. I could probably extend that out to 2015 honestly considering he had a stretch of 48 goals in 50 games, and was MVP runner-up in 14-15.

 

[Koivu11]

 

[ViD]

You're talking to a Blue Jackets homer who is offended by anything a Metro team does

I don’t think he’s got anything to do with CBJ

 

[shtorm2005]

I wouldn't have expected anything less from any of the other 30 fanbases

I would expected much less from Pens crowd.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Onto 800

 

[Kuznetsnow]

Ovechkin got a massive standing O from NJ fans. The debt has been repaid in full.

They're lucky as hell too, so many caps fans would have paid a ton to be there for it and they get to witness history for an afternoon game. If he didn't score I'd have probably dropped half a grand on Pittsburgh tickets tomorrow just to be near the front row for it potentially happening.

 

[Sam Spade]

 

[Absolut]

On the rod against a bad devils team. Tomorrow was lining up- NBC, nat televised, vs Pittsburgh, first place in Metro, against Ovy’s eternal rival.

Should have been like when he got point #1000 at home vis PIT vs on the road against the Worst East team not named DET

Ovi was pressing like crazy. This was the game. Samsonov in the net, bad Devils team, etc. Perfect set up. And if he scores tomorrow - cherry on the top.

 

[vippe]

Fantastic, I probably woke my youngest but she will forgive me when I explain in a few years.

Congrats to Ovechkin - a huge milestone. Here's a list of many games it's taken each player to score 700 goals:

Wayne Gretzky	886
Alex Ovechkin	1,144
Brett Hull	1,157
Phil Esposito	1,214
Marcel Dionne	1,255
Mike Gartner	1,390
Jaromir Jagr	1,452
Gordie Howe	1,493

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

That's not a typo for Gretzky. He really was that fast (much higher scoring era though).

700 goals in 886 goals will never not be insane. Incredible no matter the scoring era.

 

[PromisedLand]

Ovi is the GOAT! goal scorer IMO

 

[AllAlphas]

10 more goals than Mario Lemeiux...what a milestone!

 

[tsujimoto74]

You love to see it

 

[gtrower]

Standing ovation by the Devils fans very classy! Congrats!

 

[c9777666]

Congrats, Devils- you finally have something to be remembered for this season other than trading Taylor Hall or all their appearances on Steve's Dang-Its.

 

[Satans Hockey]

They're lucky as hell too, so many caps fans would have paid a ton to be there for it and they get to witness history for an afternoon game. If he didn't score I'd have probably dropped half a grand on Pittsburgh tickets tomorrow just to be near the front row for it potentially happening.

I sold my tickets for this one. Personally don't give a shit about Ovi or witnessing "history" and I hate 1pm games so I gladly took the money not to have to go.

 

[Zuluss]

Well, finally
Hope that they will start coming easier after the milestone is behind.
Here is to #800 - and #900 too!

 

[Firsov99]

On the rod against a bad devils team. Tomorrow was lining up- NBC, nat televised, vs Pittsburgh, first place in Metro, against Ovy’s eternal rival.

Should have been like when he got point #1000 at home vis PIT vs on the road against the Worst East team not named DET

Wow. You’ve got pretty high standards there. I can only imagine how you would feel had it been an empty netter.

 

[Sam Spade]