Happy Thursday!
I saw a graphic on Wednesday that noted that Alex Ovechkin needs just 32 goals to pass Bruins legend Jaromir Jagr and take sole possession of third place on the all-time list.
The graphic wondered aloud whether or not Ovechkin will do it, which doesn’t seem like much of a question to me.
The better question: can he reach Gretzky?
Ovechkin is 164 goals behind Gretzky on the all-time list. Over the past five regular seasons, he’s scored at a pace of 0.57 goals per game.
He also just signed a five-year contract extension, which is (ballpark) 400 more regular season games.