Alex Ovechkin hits 700 career NHL goals!

[c9777666]

This feels like the equivalent of if Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb’s record on the road at Wrigley after a rain delay

 

[Bounces R Way]

Congrats OV. One hell of a hockey player.

 

[Sam Spade]

Damn, that's some nice company:

 

[bobbyking]

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.

obviously not a hockey fan

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Dude's an absolute legend.

 

[Satans Hockey]

obviously not a hockey fan

Almost a 20 year Devils season ticket holder. Don't care about Ovi.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Know what's crazy?

... He could realistically be at 800 in two years.

 

[bobbyking]

the commentator should show some more excitement how pathetic

 

[bobbyking]

Know what's crazy?

... He could realistically be at 800 in two years.

it's not crazy actually

 

[Tripod]

Well done Devils and Sabres!

 

[MMC]

 

[ES]

From the 700 club Ovechkin joined Gartner and Jagr as players who scored 700th goal in a game immediately after scoring 699th. Esposito was a better though as he had 699th and 700th in the same game.

Howe needed two games, Dionne and Gretzky three. Hull had a huge scoring drought and needed eight.

 

[Pucker Factor 10]

What an absolutely beautiful shot for 700! Congrats #8.

 

[Varan]

SEVEN HUNDOOOOO

 

[Tofveve]

Amazing shot for his 700th - off the right side no less. Congrats to Ovi and the Caps!

 

[CupInSIX]

 

[Trap Jesus]

Caps are 11-12-1 in their last 24 games. Ovechkin has 20 goals in 23 games in this stretch, and the game he missed the Caps won. Kind of crazy that this specific stretch isn't correlating to wins at all.

 

[DangledUpinBlues]

IT HAPPENED

 

[Pucker Factor 10]

Amazing shot for his 700th - off the right side no less.

First thing I noticed too.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

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[Muikea Bulju]

Caps are 11-12-1 in their last 24 games. Ovechkin has 20 goals in 23 games in this stretch, and the game he missed the Caps won. Kind of crazy that this specific stretch isn't correlating to wins at all.

Sometimes one guy is hot, and all the rest are completely frozen

Let's hope they others pick it up too. This probably gets some pressure off them.

Even Gretzky said that when he was trying to break Howe's records, and he had Howe there watching his games, he couldn't score for a week etc, and Howe just had to keep on watching his games.

During his hot streak he was even +6:

Kuznetsov was cold during that time.

 

[MikeK]

Congrats, Ovi! What career and it's far from over.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

WASHINGTON CAPITALS ALL-TIME SCORING LEADERS

01. Alex Ovechkin – 700 Goals; 570 Assists; 1270 Points
02. Peter Bondra – 472 Goals; 353 Assists; 825 Points
03. Mike Gartner – 397 Goals; 392 Assists; 789 Points

NHL 500+ GOAL-SCORERS WHO HAD MORE GOALS THAN ASSISTS

01. Brett Hull – 741 Goals; 650 Assists; 1391 Points
02. Mike Gartner – 708 Goals; 627 Assists; 1335 Points
03. Alex Ovechkin – 700 Goals; 570 Assists; 1270 Points
04. Bobby Hull – 610 Goals; 560 Assists; 1170 Points
05. Dino Ciccarelli – 608 Goals; 592 Assists; 1200 Points
06. Mike Bossy – 573 Goals; 553 Assists; 1126 Points
07. Joe Nieuwendyk – 564 Goals; 562 Assists; 1126 Points
08. Keith Tkachuk – 538 Goals; 527 Assists; 1065 Points
09. Peter Bondra – 503 Goals; 389 Assists; 892 Points

 

[Karl Eriksson]

#5 all time

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

the commentator should some more excitement how pathetic

Strange because Beninati is usually very animated, especially during an OV goal call.