He had 9 ENG that year so their goal scoring difference comes down to that and PPG and Crosby has more ESG but MJ will make a huge deal about total goals and some outrageous defensive claims which is amusing I guess.
Crosby has 7 ENG this year himself... Also 10 ENP to Ovi's 9 ENP.
So without emptynet points
Ovi: 41 G 40 A 82 P in 77 games. 1.06 PPG
Crosby: 35G 49 A 84 P in 82 games. 1.02 PPG
Primary points:
Ovi: 73 in 77 games. 0,95 primary points per game.
Crosby: 76 in 82 games. 0,93 Primary points per game.
Close, but slightly in favour of Ovi on PPG and more goals.
54,6 % in even strength goals for to Ovechkin vs Crosby 54,1 % compared to even strengt against.
All in all pretty close with a slight edge to Ovi production wise in a lower scoring year. Crosby's defence have also fallen this year so I dont think it makes up for the difference.
If we had compared since draftyear I would have had Crosby's 23/24 clearly over Ovi's 22/23.