Rhaegar Targaryen
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Ovechkin's first five season goal totals: 52, 46, 65, 56, 50
Matthews first five season goal totals: 40, 34, 37, 47, 28 (and counting)
Ovechkin has an 86 goal lead over the first 5 seasons. GP is pretty irrelevant when chasing a record like most goals scored - and Ovechkin's durability is definitely a plus over Matthews'.
Now let's remember very few can put up a lengthy goal scoring career like Ovechkin can, and history says that Matthews probably won't be scoring at this rate into mid-30s. Heck, Ovechkin outscored Matthews as a 34 year old last season, and you could predict these are Matthews' best goal-scoring seasons (Ovechkin's best goal-scoring seasons were years 3-4).
Matthews first five season goal totals: 40, 34, 37, 47, 28 (and counting)
Ovechkin has an 86 goal lead over the first 5 seasons. GP is pretty irrelevant when chasing a record like most goals scored - and Ovechkin's durability is definitely a plus over Matthews'.
Now let's remember very few can put up a lengthy goal scoring career like Ovechkin can, and history says that Matthews probably won't be scoring at this rate into mid-30s. Heck, Ovechkin outscored Matthews as a 34 year old last season, and you could predict these are Matthews' best goal-scoring seasons (Ovechkin's best goal-scoring seasons were years 3-4).