And if you’re wondering how Ovechkin looks vs. remaining opponents:
4/2 - at Carolina: career 91 GP, 51 goals
4/4 - vs. Chicago: career 25 GP, 15 goals. [He had the hat trick for 800 vs. the Blackhawks.]
4/6 - at NY Islanders: career 71 GP, 44 goals
4/10 - vs. Carolina
4/12 - at Columbus: career 49 GP, 26 goals
4/13 - vs. Columbus
4/15 - at NY Islanders
4/17 - at Pittsburgh: career 79 GP, 42 goals
And wouldn’t that be something to go into Pittsburgh sitting on 894.
Gonna be tough for LAK to win the Division, though they do have a shit-ton of home games left, and apparently the team LOVES the refurb (a better explanation for wins is liking your workplace). I cannot find any references to refurbed locker rooms, but with the LAC leaving, maybe the LAK got refurbed locker rooms.
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LAK beat the Top-O-The-League WIN.
11-3 in last 14 games after losing 5 straight.
4/2 - at Carolina 1 goal, #892
His career power play goals moves into a tie for 200th all-time.
Question for the Gretzky detractors, what is the difference between Ovechkin being buddies with Putin and Gretzky being close with Trump? I am not a hockey aficionado and have no feelings towards either. Just something I am curious about.
Having an issue with one of those is WAY cooler right now
Eh. great players, shitty men.
In Russia, if you don’t cosy up to Putin you put your life in danger.
For Gretzky, he had a choice with Trump.
They are both bad people, but Gretzky is arguably worse because he did have a free choice.
Ovechkin remained loyal to his native country. Gretzky did not.
In Canada, Gretzky the skater scored on goalies Trudeau, Turner and Mulroney.
In Russia, Putin the goalie scores on Ovechkin the skater.
#893, #40 on the season. People in Washington think he breaks the record tonight.
Would be cool if Ovechkin tied the record on Sunday so he does it in the same number of games as Gretzky.
894
Not watching tonight’s game; are his teammates feeding him at every opportunity?
Can’t say for sure. 893 wasn’t really - puck was kind of worked around, then it’s like all the Blackhawks parted the way for him on the right side and he ripped it across the net.
Then I’ve spent since then watching weather for one of the bonus kids, because they had a tornado in the area for the 2nd time in 3 nights. And that was also went within about 3 miles of them.
The CBC on its national news broadcast is providing updates. Big story in Canada, of course.
Watch this get to the end and it’s an empty net. His teammates are going to do everything they can to give him the puck to bury it, Chicago might as well “there’s the net, we’re going to the boards, do it.”
He said he didn’t want to break the record with an empty net goal.
Yeah, he doesn’t want to - and he’s going to do everything he can to not be on the ice with an empty net for that.
And yet, if some opponent decides to use teh analytics and pulls the goalie while he’s out there, …