Race for the Rocket Richard 2021

[The Podium]

What’s crazy is McDavid is becoming a better goal scorer than Matthews, all while having more assists than Matthews does points.

The second part is crazy, the first just isn’t true.

 

[MrThomas]

With about a 1/3 of the season remaining here is where things stand. Should be a great race to the finish!

Player	Goals	Games Played	Games Remaining
Auston Matthews	25​	35​	18​
Connor McDavid	22​	28​	18​
Miko Ratanen	21​	37​	19​
Leon Draisatl	19​	38​	18​
Alex DiBrincat	19​	36​	17​
Tyler Toffoli	19​	31​	22​
Alex Ovechkin	19​	34​	18​
Max Pacioretty	18​	34​	20​

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Miko Ratanen?

 

[ResilientBeast]

Miko Ratanen?

That's not even the worst misspelling

 

[MrThomas]

That's not even the worst misspelling

Not sure whats the worst but this is really bad

 

[X66]

With about a 1/3 of the season remaining here is where things stand. Should be a great race to the finish!

Player	Goals	Games Played	Games Remaining
Auston Matthews	25​	35​	18​
Connor McDavid	22​	28​	18​
Miko Rantanen	21​	37​	19​
Leon Draisaitl	19​	38​	18​
Alex DeBrincat	19​	36​	17​
Tyler Toffoli	19​	31​	22​
Alex Ovechkin	19​	34​	18​
Max Pacioretty	18​	34​	20​

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

McDavid has 38 games played.

Good race so far.

Wish I could see Matthews' totals without that wrist injury.

 

[Bedards Dad]

McDavid has 38 games played.

Good race so far.

Wish I could see Matthews' totals without that wrist injury.

Thanks, fixed. Clearly should have had more coffee before writing the post.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

I really would like to see McDavid win the rocket for his personal legacy, to be the first player since Lemieux to lead the league in both goals and assists would lift him to new heights, a mark neither Ovi or Crosby even came that particularly close to.

Matthews is looking like he's getting hot again while the Oilers are cooling a bit so it'll be tough for him to make up that 3 goal gap, but if there is anyone who can do its McDavid.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

I really would like to see McDavid win the rocket for his personal legacy, to be the first player since Lemieux to lead the league in both goals and assists would lift him to new heights, a mark neither Ovi or Crosby even came that particularly close to.

Matthews is looking like he's getting hot again while the Oilers are cooling a bit so it'll be tough for him to make up that 3 goal gap, but if there is anyone who can do its McDavid.

He should have plenty of seasons where he's among the goal leaders so he'll have many shots at pumping up his resume. Should be a good race assuming health/everyone plays roughly the same number of games.

 

[Garthinater]

That is an absurd stat. His assist total would be 5th in the NHL in points, and he is neck and neck in the rocket race. 97 is dominating this year.

I'm fairly certain if mcdavid started shooting more and passing less he would win the rocket fairly easily.

He's just to good.

 

[X66]

Thanks, fixed. Clearly should have had more coffee before writing the post.

 

[Bedards Dad]

I'm fairly certain if mcdavid started shooting more and passing less he would win the rocket fairly easily.

He's just to good.

He is shooting more, that's why he's well above his career pace with a similar shooting %.

• 2021 - 3.71 shots per game/15.7% shooting
• Career excluding 2021 - 3.08 shots per game/14.9% shooting
• Career including 2021 - 3.14 shots per game/15% shooting

This equates for about 52 more shots per year, or approx 8 more goals than his average.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

There's number 26.

 

[authentic]

I really would like to see McDavid win the rocket for his personal legacy, to be the first player since Lemieux to lead the league in both goals and assists would lift him to new heights, a mark neither Ovi or Crosby even came that particularly close to.

Matthews is looking like he's getting hot again while the Oilers are cooling a bit so it'll be tough for him to make up that 3 goal gap, but if there is anyone who can do its McDavid.

He's not getting hot again he's just able to shoot the puck again because his wrist was messed up for quite a while.

 

[Cotton]

I'm fairly certain if mcdavid started shooting more and passing less he would win the rocket fairly easily.

He's just to good.

Easily, lol.

 

[jasonleaffan]

27 now!!!

 

[authentic]

27 now!!!

He would literally be right around a goal per game if it wasn't for the wrist injury. Seems hard to believe but he would have 5 more goals right now at the least.

 

[Peiskos]

This is Matthews’ award to lose.

 

[Subbanned]

Matthews has also hit the most goal posts this season in the NHL...this guy is crushing the field with less GP than the guys closest to him

 

[Eternal Leaf]

27 in 36 games. 61 goal pace.

Just an incredible goal scorer.

 

[Mez]

This is Matthews’ award to lose.

Typically that is true for someone who is in the lead.

I dont think anyone will catch him. He had his slump and no one passed him. Guy truly has an incredible toolset for scoring goals.

 

[TopChedder]

I really would like to see McDavid win the rocket for his personal legacy, to be the first player since Lemieux to lead the league in both goals and assists would lift him to new heights, a mark neither Ovi or Crosby even came that particularly close to.

Matthews is looking like he's getting hot again while the Oilers are cooling a bit so it'll be tough for him to make up that 3 goal gap, but if there is anyone who can do its McDavid.

Matthew's is not getting hot again, he is feeling healthier again. He could barely handle the puck or play hard on the boards for a while, and he couldn't even shoot it. I don't even know why he was playing but he looks to be getting healthier which is good.

 

[Leafslet]

Matthews is looking like he's getting hot again while the Oilers are cooling a bit so it'll be tough for him to make up that 3 goal gap, but if there is anyone who can do its McDavid.

5*

 

[the4thlinegrinder]

McDavid sees that Matthews is up on him by 5 goals, and he also sees that the Oilers next 2 games are against Ottawa. Get yer popcorn ready.

 

[Demandedace]

Matthews really wants it this year. Kid is shooting the puck ridiculously well - he picked a good year to shoot above his average.

I don’t think there’s much of a chance of AM34 losing the Richard now, only if he were to miss some serious time in the final stretch.

 

[The Podium]

I wonder how the Vancouver ordeal affects individual hardware races. If those games are cancelled and the standings pro-rated in the north it might be a blow to Matthews and McDavid