Player Discussion Alexander Ovechkin (Vol. 3)

It was RJ Umberger in 2010.

Habs hope Umberger was right to say powerful Caps ripe for playoff upset

 

All those former 2nd/3rd line tweener grinders are the same to me

 

He said hard not right. No contradiction.

 

Umberger hating on the Caps and Ovechkin?

Jeez I wonder why?

 

Ovie scores his 725th career goal.

It was also his 265th career PPG which ties him with Brett Hull for 2nd all time. Andreychuk is first with 274.

Ovie also had 2 assists and is now tied with Paul Kariya for 99th all time in career assists with 587. He also ties Kariya for 9th all time in career assists for a LW.

 

He also is behind only 99 for goals on the road IINM.

 

Oh and Ovie ties Mike Modano for 27th all time in PP points with 493. Gretzky first with 890.

 

Yes. Ovie only 35 goals behind. Gretzky is first with 402 road goals and Ovie second with 367.

 

Ovie scores his 726th career goal.

It was also his 266th career PPG. Ovie passes Brett Hull for second all time and only needs 9 more PPGs to become first all time.

Also scored against a new goaltender. I am not sure how many different goaltenders he has scored against. Would be interesting to find out.

 

146th

Marleau and Jagr 175
Messier 163
Francis 156
Gretzky 154

Regular season stats

 

Thank you!

 

Don't thank me.
You have to thank one crazy guy on a russian sports website who comments after each Ovi's goal with crazy stats.

Овечкин забил 726-й гол в НХЛ. До Дионна – 5 шайб

If you scroll down you'll see the comments. Than you need to select "Лучшие" it means the best (comments with most "likes" will be on the top)

I don't want to transalte it so i just copy paste it on deepl.com
Didn't read the whole translation but ...

MS = Regular season
KC = Stanley Cup
washers = goals
You'll also see some bizarre names


-726th Ovie puck in the regular season (6th in the league, 5th Dionne-731, before Gretzky-168 pucks)
-16th consecutive season with 20 goals since career start(4th in league history, 17th each for Dionne, Sundin and Jagr)
-547th regular season game with pucks scored(8th in league, caught up with Br. Hull, 7th-6th Eiserman and Messier at 549, 1st Gretzky at 638)
-266th on the power play (2nd in the league, 1st Andreychuk-274).
-205th in the 2nd period (20th in the league, 1st Gretzky -315)
-795th in total MS and KC(6th in league, 5th Messier-803, 4th-3rd Brett Hull and Jagr 844 each,2nd Howe-869, 1st Gretzky-1016),
-251st regular season puck after 30 years (18th in league history, 17th M.Richard -252,1st Howe-415)
-20th Ovie puck after 35 years(3rd Seelane-232, 2nd Busick-244, 1st G.Howe-261)
-54th in April (2nd in league history, 1st Selyanne-67)
-5685th shot on frame( 2nd in league history, before Bourque's record of 524 shots on goal)
-1313th regular season points (34th in regular season history, 33rd Perreault-1326, 1st Gretzky-2857)
-1444th points on total RS and KC (30th place, 29th Busick-1,472, 1st Gretzky-3,239)
-27th puck and 53rd Ovie points in games with Boston, 9th on the power play , 259 shots on goal in 56 games,
-Jeremy Swaiman became the 146th goalie in the league to miss from Ovi in the regular season. It was his second NHL game and first against Ovie(Yagra and Marleau had the most missed goaltenders at 175 each, 3rd Messier-163. 4th Francis-156, 5th Gretzky-154)
-80th Carlson primaries on Ovie (after Carlson assists, Alexander shot to opponent: 272, 292, 294, 299, 354, 357, 365, 389, 390, 397, 410, 413, 416, 417, 418, 421, 422, 423, 438, 461, 466, 473, 474, 475, 486, 489, 508, 510, 523, 530, 531, 536, 538, 543, 546, 553, 570, 577, 581, 582, 585, 586, 587, 591, 595, 596, 597, 599, 602, 603, 612, 613, 615, 618, 619, 622, 624, 631, 635, 647, 648, 649, 650, 658, 659, 660, 661, 664, 672, 676, 684, 687, 691. 695. 697, 698, 702, 704, 720 and 726 washers)

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

 

Need at least 10 more Ovie pucks this regular season.

 

Was looking at the last point of the "stats post"

80 primary assists by Carlson on Ovi's goals. Carlson has a streak of 4 straight primaries. Even Backstrom hasn't

A lot of 3 in a row
and this is cool too. 7/10
Then a big hole (I suppose it's Backy's concussion?) between 315 and 352

-134 primary assists by Backy on Ovi's goals
121, 124, 136, 142, 144, 146,148, 149, 151, 157, 159, 161, 168, 170, 176, 180, 182, 184, 188, 189, 196, 203, 206, 209, 213, 214. 215, 222, 224, 229, 230, 232, 237, 244, 245, 248, 254, 256, 257, 258, 263, 264, 266, 267, 273, 277, 279, 285, 288, 289, 291, 301, 303, 304, 306, 307, 309, 310, 313, 315, 352, 358, 359, 361, 366, 368, 370, 382, 384, 387, 393, 394, 399, 400, 408, 411, 415, 424, 425, 426, 433, 436, 437, 439, 441, 447, 453, 457, 462, 465, 469, 471, 484. 485, 493, 501, 504, 506, 509, 512, 516, 524, 525, 534, 539, 544, 545, 549, 555, 558, 567, 568, 574, 583, 584, 608, 620, 628, 630, 636, 641, 642, 653, 665, 680, 688, 690, 694, 699, 708, 709,711, 716 and 725

 

Ovie scores #727. Passes Brett Hull in career even strength goals.

 

Some new stats from the guy.

New NHL record for Ovi

Ovi scored his 242nd goal in the 1st period.
Gretzky is now 2nd.

Dillon 84th player in Caps history with a primary assist on Ovi's goal.
Tokarski is the 114th goalie in the league that Ovi scored at least 2 goals against. Goals N°328 and 727

 

Regular season goal #728. 797 including playoffs.

Ovie was born to score goals.

 

Ovie with goals #729 and #730. Both on the PP. Ovie now sits one goal behind Marcel Dionne for 5th all time. He now has 269 career PP goals and only needs 6 more to become the all time leader in PP goals.

His second goal was his 499th career power play point.

He also was credited with an assist which was his 590th. This ties him with Dave Keon and Doug Wilson for 97th all time.

 

Alex Lyon is the 147th goalie that Ovi scores against in RS.

1. Marleau 176
2. Jagr 175
3. Messier 163
4. Francis 156
5. Gretzky 154
...
12. Yzerman 148
13. Ovi 147

I hope next year he'll play against Holtby and will score


Ovi did not scored against 21 goalies in the league

1. Mike Condon - 7 games
2. Matthew Garon - 5 games
3. Michael Neuvirth - 4 games
4. Tristan Jarry - 4 games
5. Manny Legace - 3 games
6. Manny Fernandes - 2 games
7. Rob Zepp - 2 games
8. Calvin Pickard - 2 games
9. Jeff Zatkoff - 2 games

Others - 1 games

Erik Ersberg
Jocelyn Thibault
JF Berube
David Aebischer
Magnus Hellberg
Kristers Gudlevskis
Chris Holt
Curtis Joseph
Adin Hill
Gilles Senn
Dan Vladar

Maybe need to check how many minutes also they played against Ovi

 

Need to hear that new contract announcement.

 

Not 'til after the expansion draft. He's stated not gonna sign elsewhere so it's silly to waste a protection spot on him. I'm certain there's either already or soon-to-be an agreement in principle.

 

God I hope so. My anxiety is through the roof the closer we get to the summer.

 

Honestly, I have almost no doubt. I just can't see Ovie saying something like that publicly and not being sincere. DC fans adore him. Think what that would do to his legacy here if he made a definitive statement like that then signed somewhere else. Plus, he's just always been a real heart-on-his-sleeve type, and he loves Washington... and Washington loves him. And lastly, it seems that he and Ted have always had a really great relationship. It'll get sorted.

 

What made me nervous was the end of his interview with Grant Paulsen when his response to will he stay is , “we’ll see”.

 

Every single guy signs here for value, when Bob McKenzie has mentioned it on air he’s basically winked at the camera that it’s done, I think it’s ok not to worry about that particular thing, plenty of other stuff