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The two became the only father and son combo in NHL history to each score 1,000 points and are both members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Sooner or later, Alex Ovechkin is going to join the 700 goal club. After he scored, Ovechkin kissed his glove (in honor of his late brother Sergei), went to one knee, then pumped both of his arms to celebrate. "If he wants to keep playing, if he stays healthy and things, I don't see why not," Hull said.

That’s a crazy thought considering nowadays, it’s tough to even find one or two guys scoring 50 in any given season.Mark Messier (694), Steve Yzerman (692) and Mario Lemieux (690) all finished their careers just shy of the 700 Club. "Ovechkin also could become the second-oldest player with a 50-goal season in the NHL, behind Johnny Bucyk -- who scored 51 for the Boston Bruins in 1970-71 when he was 35 -- and join Esposito as the only players with three 50-goal seasons at age 30 or older. Not everybody has that passion. "I cannot imagine someone else could ever do that in the future. It’s hard to do. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- With power and a prodigious shot, Alex Ovechkin now stands where few in hockey have been. Ovechkin is already in elite company in the 700 club with Gretzky, Howe, Jaromir Jagr, Brett Hull, Marcel Dionne, Esposito and Mike Gartner. All rights reserved. ""It's always nice to have a great playmaker with you as a goal-scorer," said Hull, who played with a few, most notably Gretzky and Adam Oates, during his 19 NHL seasons. "So you have work twice as hard to get the puck. Make it interesting, that's all I can say. Just like his month-long Stanley Cup celebration that had him doing pushups in water fountains across the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Russian hasn’t showed any signs of slowing down.Ovechkin’s 700th goal was scored in the third period in a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils. I don't see a slowdown. goals) and Marian Hossa (525 goals). "Trailing Gretzky by 199 goals, Ovechkin has work to do. I I was with Chicago and Bobby Hull got an assist on it,” Esposito finished his 18-year career in 1981 with 717 goals.

A point in the NHL is awarded to a player for scoring a goal or to the player(s) that assists a player to score the goal; a maximum of two assists can be awarded per goal. goal in the second period, Esposito, 37, joined the 700 Club by wristing a shot

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He's made up for that some by going to the net more to score on rebounds and deflections.Ovechkin also changed his offseason training regimen to focus more on quickness and power after he dipped to 33 goals in 2016-17, his second-lowest total in a full season after his 32-goal season in 2010-11.

If they consistently hit 50 goals every season pace, it’d take 14 seasons. See our All Rights Reserved. Ovechkin has "I never had that defenseman, the playmakers and all that stuff," Dionne said. He scored 550 of his 731 career goals with the Kings in his 12 seasons in Los Angeles.

I did not believe he would be so dominant.

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700 club: Alex Ovechkin scores 700th career goal Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin becomes the eighth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals.

ET; NBCSWA, FS-W, NHL.TV) with 695 goals in 15 NHL seasons. "Even I was surprised how he did it. He’s the son of the “Golden Jet” Bobby Hull. That’s always going to be beside it [in the record book]. Playing for the Coyotes, he scored No. In fact he has more points than Ovechkin and Gartner combined. The short answer is, probably nobody. It's going to be a long time before we see the NHL's next 700-goal man, but from Crosby to Kucherov and Matthews to McDavid, here are 14 current players who have a shot. Standings Scoring 50 goals in a season is a spectacular achievement.

Popular Quizzes Today. “Those guys had as big an impact on the game as any athletes that ever played. “A lot of goals, you wonder how they went, and a lot of goals they should go in but they don’t,” he added.“I never considered myself a goal-scorer,” ­­Jagr said after the game in undoubtedly the understatement of the season, “so to reach 700 goals is big for me.”The Czech Republic Olympian later set up Marek Zidlicky’s power-play goal, his 1,040th assist, tying him with Dionne for ninth place in NHL history.“To be among [the 700 Goal Club] is incredible.

Author: Tom Hunsicker His wrist shot from only 12 feet in front of the net beat goalie Chris Osgood.Like “The Great One,” Gartner got his start in the World Hockey Association before making his debut in the NHL.

Like Gretzky, Mark Howe believes following Ovechkin through a chase like that would be fun.

Hull's father, Bobby Hull, is the only other player to lead the League in goals as many as seven times. The elite club includes some the game’s all-time best players.

"When I scored 76 (in 1970-71), they said, 'Nobody is going to score more than that,'" Esposito said.